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   Pres·tige

   /preˈstē(d)ZH/

   

   noun

   • 1. widespread respect and admiration felt for someone or something on the basis of a perception of their achievements or quality: "he experienced a tremendous increase in prestige following his victory"
   • ▪ denoting something that arouses respect or admiration: "prestige wines"

   Word Origin mid 17th century (in the sense ‘illusion, conjuring trick’): from French, literally ‘illusion, glamor’, from late Latin praestigium ‘illusion’, from Latin praestigiae (plural) ‘conjuring tricks’. The transference of meaning occurred by way of the sense ‘dazzling influence, glamor’, at first depreciatory.

   Derivatives

   • 1. prestigeful adjective

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