prodigy
noun
[ ˈprɒdɪdʒi ]
• a young person with exceptional qualities or abilities.
• "a Russian pianist who was a child prodigy in his day"
Similar:
child genius,
genius,
wonder child,
mastermind,
virtuoso,
wunderkind,
whizz-kid,
whizz,
wizard,
Einstein,
Origin:
late 15th century (denoting something extraordinary considered to be an omen): from Latin prodigium ‘portent’.
