prodigious (
http://definr.com/prodigious)
adj 1: so great in size or force or extent as to elicit awe;
"colossal crumbling ruins of an ancient temple"; "has
a colossal nerve"; "a prodigious storm"; "a stupendous
field of grass"; "stupendous demand" [syn:
colossal,
stupendous]
2: of momentous or ominous significance; "such a
portentous...monster raised all my curiosity"- Herman
Melville; "a prodigious vision" [syn:
portentous]
3: far beyond what is usual in magnitude or degree; "a night of
exceeding darkness"; "an exceptional memory"; "olympian
efforts to save the city from bankruptcy"; "the young
Mozart's prodigious talents" [syn:
exceeding,
exceptional,
olympian,
surpassing]