Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Having prestige; esteemed.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Wiktionary
- adj. Of high prestige.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. obsolete Practicing tricks; juggling.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. having an illustrious reputation; respected.
- adj. exerting influence by reason of high status or prestige
Etymologies
- Attested since the 1540s; borrowing from Latin praestigiosus ("full of tricks"), praestigiae ("juggler's tricks"), possibly an alteration of praestringō ("to blindfold, to dazzle"), from prae- ("before") with stringō ("to bind or tie"). (Wiktionary)
Examples
“NICOLA Roberts, of Girls Aloud, redefines the term prestigious in the Daily Star.”
“How did Krugman actually get a graduate degree, let alone win prestigious awards?”
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“U of T professor first Canadian woman to win prestigious international science prize", Official University of Toronto press release”
“The boys were promised the opportunity to play in prestigious clubs across Europe but ended up sported into child prostitution.”
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“Several of the short stories included have appeared in prestigious magazines such as Cemetery Dance Magazine, Dark Wisdom, and the anthologies Unnatural Selection, Horror Beyond II, and The Grand Struggle.”
“Look right here on MexConnect for a three-bedroom, two and a half bath (plus servant's quarters) home for sale in prestigious Santa Maria, high on the hill overlooking Morelia.”
“Much of what we think of as being "French theory" today is the result of the kind of literary criticism that was carried out in prestigious universities like Yale during the 1980s.”
“One wants to have tenure and as many publications in prestigious places as one can before the next group of promising scholars looking for something "new" comes along.”
“They watch as young men and women with the “right” family connections get jobs in prestigious Torah institutions while their own children are left behind, lacking in addition the required secular education needed to integrate in the modern Israeli labor market.”
“Benedict believes that the unique micro-climates of the Finger Lakes are perfectly suited for riesling production and that Finger Lakes rieslings belong in prestigious competitions like the Riesling du Monde.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘prestigious’.
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1100
abound, technology, branch of knowled..., prognosticate, automaton, matron, an older married ..., realm, special field of ..., kingdom, annals, historical records and 981 more...
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GRE 2014
abate, abdicate, abase, aberrant, abeyance, abhor, abjure, abortive, abound, abrasive, abreast, abridge and 1577 more...
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CULI - wine-tasting adjectives
In this area of expertise nouns are frequently used as adjectives (almond, bacon, cider, diesel, fennel, fresh-cut hay, wool) or new adjectives are formed (appley, berrylike, citrusy, full-bodied, ...
acetic, acidic, aged, angular, appley, astringent, attractive, austere, berrylike, big, bitter, brawny and 511 more...
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bbc uk china vocab.
conservationists, estimate, threats, infertility, eating away at, endangered, furry, panel, in trouble, gongs, triumphed, caps and 1007 more...
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GRE 1100
drudgery, implore, hapless, nuance, wrest, incipient, inadvertent, tremulous, bristle, euphemism, disdain, pugnacious and 346 more...
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LWC's Words
spork, heteroskedasticity, kurtosis, eigenspace, smithian, skewness, montanan, whoremonger, mellifluous, fishwife, papist, romanist and 142 more...
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1100 words you need to know
GRE words
voracious, indiscriminate, eminent, steeped, replete, abound, technology, prognosticate, automaton, matron, paradox, realm and 288 more...
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Revised GRE Wordlist_2013
Vocabulary building for my quest of GRE 2013
ephemeral, esoteric, rhetoric, censure, egregious, pittance, dupe, mulct, paucity, alacrity, maintain, laconic and 996 more...
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nail01
sentimental, eloquent, inevitable, pretentious, verbose, aptly, stoically, grandiloquent, valedictory, assiduous, exorbitant, wreaked and 154 more...
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List 1
the list of vocabularies from 1100 words you need to know Barron's.
conceded, eminent, prognosticate, indiscriminate, voracious, replete, abound, badger, drudgery, interminable, perceive, tinge and 248 more...
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stpeter's Words
abase, abasement, abashed, abdicate, aberrant, abeyance, abhor, abhorrent, abide, abject, ablation, abnegation and 3536 more...
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my dictionary
able, abnormally, abroad, absent, abstract, acceptable, acceptance, access, accessible, accession, according to, account and 4551 more...
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Papageno's Words, Pt. I
hobbledehoy, absquatulate, chthonic, prolix, ululate, internecine, verisimilitude, animadversion, concupiscence, vertiginous, cucullate, lucubrate and 1554 more...
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Kratoz's Words
incendiary, gambit, vigilante, amorphous, idiosyncratic, denizen, tautology, spurious, indulgent, quintessential, mediocre, ostentatious and 98 more...
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Colbert Intro
bigness, courage, eager-beaver, fearlessness, gerry-mandering, good marksmanship, integrity, prestige, savage pride, megamerican, actionable, anti-phlegmatic and 33 more...
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/captrap\
ebullience, prestigious, razzle, derelict, decrepit, adieu, ennui, oblique, allegretto, shatter, fantastical, chandelier and 67 more...
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