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[quote=Anonymous]This post should have started with a definition of prodigy - which is not limited to youth.  Otherwise, why do we use 'child prodigy' which would be redundant. None of the adjective forms are limited to children either. Prodigy is someone demonstrating very great ability usually, but not always, in youth. It's is something extraordinary.

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/prodigy
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prodigy

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Is a prodigy a genius or a monster - or both? Nowadays, it's the talent that shines through, but back in the 15th century the word's meaning was more strongly influenced by that of its Latin ancestor, prodigium, meaning "omen" or "monster." Back then, a prodigy could be any strange or weird thing that might be an omen of things to come. Even in modern English, the word sometimes refers to an extraordinary deed or accomplishment. P.G. Wodehouse used that sense when he described how a character named Pongo Twistleton was "performing prodigies with the [billiard] cue."[/i][/quote]

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