When they are attached to other morphemes they change the meaning or the grammatical function of the word in some way, as just seen; when added to the beginning of a word or morphemes they are called prefixes, and when added to the end of a word or morpheme they are called suffixes.
Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: 1  Prodigious(adj) of the nature of a prodigy; marvelous; wonderful; portentous. 2  Prodigious(adj) extraordinary in bulk, extent, quantity, or degree; very great; vast; huge; immense; as, a prodigious mountain; a prodigious creature; a prodigious blunder.
Grammar, Prosody. the coming together, with or without break or slight pause, and without contraction, of two vowels in successive words or syllables, as in see easily. 5. Anatomy. a natural fissure, cleft, or foramen in a bone or other structure.