English Explanatory Dictionary

prestigious

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of high prestige.

Pronunciation

/pɹɛˈstɪd͡ʒəs/ /pɹə-/ /pɹɛˈstiːd͡ʒəs/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-prestigious.wav

Word forms

prestigious more prestigious most prestigious præstigious

Etymology

Attested since the 1540s; 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”); equivalent to prestige + -ious. Unstressed /ɛ/ is retained by analogy with prestige.

Derived words

nonprestigious prestigiously prestigiousness superprestigious ultraprestigious unprestigious
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