PRESTIGIOUS

PRONUNCIATION: (pre-STEEJ-uhs, -STIJ-)

MEANING: adjective: Honored, esteemed, or having high status.

ETYMOLOGY: From French prestige (current meaning: prestige, earlier: illusion, deceit), from Latin praestigiosis (full of tricks), from praestringere (to dazzle, to blindfold), from pre- (before) + stringere (to tie or bind). Earliest documented use: 1534.
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PYRESTIGIOUS - combustible

CRESTIGIOUS - attractive to surfers

PRESATIGIOUS - reducing the appetite