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Infant prodigy   /ˈɪnfənt prˈɑdədʒi/   Listen
Infant prodigy

noun
1.
A prodigy whose talents are recognized at an early age.  Synonyms: child prodigy, wonder child.






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"Infant prodigy" Quotes from Famous Books



... primarily to the storing up of health, without which lasting success is impossible. Nothing is more harmful to sound physical development and mental growth than the strain of extensive tours. It is true that one great virtuoso now before the public played frequently before large audiences as an infant prodigy. But, happily, wise and efficient influences served to check this mad career. The young artist was placed in the hands of a great teacher and given a chance to reach full physical maturity and artistic stature before ...
— Great Pianists on Piano Playing • James Francis Cooke

... siesta just two hours ago, my brain was illuminated by the idea that one man alone could persuade him; and that was Alexander Hamilton. He likes us, but he loves you. If he has a weak spot, it has yearned over you since you were our infant prodigy in uniform, with your curls in your eyes. You ...
— The Conqueror • Gertrude Franklin Atherton

... heavy sorrow fell upon Evelyn by the death of his younger son, an infant prodigy, and a sad and wonderful example of a young brain being terribly overtaxed. 'After six fits of a quartan ague with which it pleased God to visite him, died my dear Son Richard, to our inexpressible grief ...
— Sylva, Vol. 1 (of 2) - Or A Discourse of Forest Trees • John Evelyn



Words linked to "Infant prodigy" :   minor, nipper, small fry, child, kid, tike, nestling, tiddler, shaver, prodigy, fry, tyke, youngster



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