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precocious
[ pri-koh-shuhs ]
adjective
- unusually advanced or mature in development, especially mental development:
a precocious child.
- prematurely developed, as the mind, faculties, etc.
- of or relating to premature development.
- Botany.
- flowering, fruiting, or ripening early, as plants or fruit.
- bearing blossoms before leaves, as plants.
- appearing before leaves, as flowers.
precocious
/ prɪˈkɒsɪtɪ; prɪˈkəʊʃəs /
adjective
- ahead in development, such as the mental development of a child
- botany (of plants, fruit, etc) flowering or ripening early
precocious
- Relating to or having flowers that blossom before the leaves emerge. Some species of magnolias are precocious.
Derived Forms
- ˈdzdzܲ, adverb
- ˈdzdzܲԱ, noun
Other Word Forms
- ·cdzܲ· adverb
- ·cdzܲ·Ա noun
- ܲp·cdzܲ adjective
- un·cdzܲ· adverb
- un·cdzܲ·Ա noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of precocious1
Word History and Origins
Origin of precocious1
Example Sentences
Military school followed, as well as a precocious writing career.
The two had concocted a nonsense theory, with absolutely no supporting evidence, that autism was caused by mercury in vaccines and precocious puberty.
So precocious was the Northern Irishman's talent when he first competed as a teenager in 2009 he was asked about completing the Grand Slam by the age of 22.
The book charted her son’s climb to stardom and how Wallace worked to keep “her bright, precocious son on the straight and narrow.”
Vice President JD Vance’s speech Feb. 14 at the Munich Security Conference was not merely the most important speech the precocious young second-in-command has delivered in his political career.
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