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#206021 - 06/08/12 11:16 AM prodigious a contranym?
Atish stranger Registered: 06/08/12 Posts: 1	Seems to me that Prodigious has only one meaning -- "Remarkable in size, quantity, strength, etc." And that is the only meaning; when used in a narrative it means horrible or wonderful entirely in the context of the usage. If I say that you have a prodigious office, I could be admiring you or be disgusted at your opulence; "prodigious" does not prescribe anything, the rest of my narrative must. It is not a contranym like "liege". (Which is a wonderful contranym word, btw. I didn't know that it also meant vassal.)
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#206023 - 06/08/12 11:56 AM Re: prodigious a contranym? [Re: Atish]
LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/23/08 Posts: 5294 Loc: Land of the Flat Water	see here: http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?allowed_in_frame=0&search=liege&searchmode=none _________________________ ----please, draw me a sheep----
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