Prestigious Definition

prĕ-stējəs, -stĭjəs
adjective
Of or characterized by legerdemain or deception.
Webster's New World
Having or imparting prestige.
Webster's New World

Origin of Prestigious

  • 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").

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