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}]
Source: WordNet® 2.0