prestigious
adjUK /pɹɛˈstɪd͡ʒəs/ · US /pɹɛˈstiːd͡ʒəs/
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.
1
Of high prestige.
- She has a prestigious job with an international organization.
- Derived terms
- nonprestigious, prestigiously, prestigiousness, superprestigious, ultraprestigious, unprestigious