Child Prodigy (Noun)
Meaning
A prodigy whose talents are recognized at an early age; "Mozart was a child prodigy".
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- Ruth Lawrence entered university at the age of 10 and became a child prodigy who started studying for her PhD degree in mathematics at the age of fourteen.
- The young pianist was a child prodigy who started composing classical music as a five year old.
- Tatum started playing piano professionally in the 1920s and was hailed as a child prodigy who could hear a tune once and recall it.
- He was a child prodigy born in Virginia who entered West Point in his teens and then became an attorney.
- Lang Lang was a child prodigy who came from a family of musicians and made his first appearance with the China Philharmonic.