prestigious [ pre·sti·gious ]
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1. Inspiring respect and admiration; having high status.
a prestigious academic post
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1. Mid 16th century (in the sense ‘practising conjuring tricks’): from late Latin praestigiosus, from praestigiae ‘conjuring tricks’. The current sense dates from the early 20th century.

