having high status and respect; inspiring admiration
from Latin 'praestigiosus' meaning 'full of tricks, deceptive', later evolving to mean 'having prestige'
Ironically, 'prestigious' originally meant 'deceptive' or 'full of tricks' - the meaning completely flipped to become about genuine respect and status!
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