can you have adults who are prodigies?if they discover that they have an incredible talent for something in their later years like in their 50s ??
2007-01-10 00:59:45 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Performing Arts
Hey Bee Red,
Wikipedia only defines a "child prodigy", but the real definition includes as you have suggested:
prod·i·gy (prd-j) KEY
NOUN:
pl. prod·i·gies
A person with exceptional talents or powers: a math prodigy.
An act or event so extraordinary or rare as to inspire wonder. See Synonyms at wonder.
A portentous sign or event; an omen.
So, if a person goes on in their 50's to develop superpowers in an area of specialization.
2007-01-10 01:07:46 · answer #1 · answered by BuyTheSeaProperty 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's not just about talent- and prodigy has an unnatural amount of talent in relation to their age- where as a normal 10 year old can play this well, a prodigy 10 year old would play like a 30 year old. Obviously as you get older the standards of being a prodigy are higher. You can have a 20 year old prodigy- but they'll need an extremely high level of ability to be that much better than a normal 20 year old musician. So if you're 50- the standard would be so high- it would have to outweigh every other 50 year old professonal musician by far... hard to do. That's why it's associated with youth.
But please remember that prodigies are also oddities- today's word places far too much value on them. Bach wasn't a prodigy, Beethoven was abused as a child because he couldn't become the prodigy that his father wanted him to be... Mozart was a prodigy- Still many of our greatest musicians grew into their art in a way we don't consider unnatural- or premature- they grew into it with time.
2007-01-10 14:01:29 · answer #2 · answered by locusfire 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
prod·i·gy –noun, plural -gies.
1. a person, esp. a child or young person, having extraordinary talent or ability: a musical prodigy.
2. a marvelous example (usually fol. by of).
3. something wonderful or marvelous; a wonder.
4. something abnormal or monstrous.
5. Archaic. something extraordinary regarded as of prophetic significance.
I think that an older person could have an extraordinary talent that is discovered, but probably wouldn't be called a prodigy. The term is too connected to youth. On the other hand, there's nothing to stop them from being called a prodigy. All depends on the context, I guess.
2007-01-10 01:07:32 · answer #3 · answered by Shannon 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
A prodigy is someone that is proficient at some skill. It usually relates to an art skill, like music or drawing or writing, but it can be any skill. Typically it refers to someone who is younger than the norm and demonstrates mastery of something, but I don't suppose it has to be like that. You could be 50 and find out that you're naturally gifted at something, but the idea is that you can naturally grasp certain concepts before they are taught to you. When you're 50, you've had quite some experience with the world that can aid you in learning something.
2007-01-10 01:09:16 · answer #4 · answered by Pfo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A prodigy is someone who is unbelivably talented. Normally it's refering to children, but I guess adluts can be too. But only asians qualify, joking, no all races have prodigys.
2007-01-10 13:36:44 · answer #5 · answered by The Animal Psychiatrist♬♪ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a prodigee is a gifted child, so no a 50 year old wouldn't be a prodigee.
2007-01-10 01:59:30 · answer #6 · answered by Doug H 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋