precocious
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[edit] Etymology
From Latin praecox (“premature, precocious, ripe before time, early ripe”), from praecoquere (“to ripen beforehand, ripen fully, also boil beforehand”), from prae (“before”) + coquere (“to cook, boil”).
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precocious (comparative more precocious, superlative most precocious)
- Characterized by exceptionally early development or maturity.
- 1992, Rudolf M. Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, page 5
- Both groups, also, have already evolved precocious (intracapsular) spore germination.
- 1992, Rudolf M. Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, page 5
- Exhibiting advanced skills at an abnormally early age.
- The precocious child began reading the newspaper at age four.
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- 1964, Sherman Brothers, “Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious”, Mary Poppins, Walt Disney
- Mary: Even though the sound of it is something quite atrocious / If you say it loud enough you'll always sound precocious
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[edit] Translations
characterized by exceptionally early development or maturity
exhibiting advanced skills at an abnormally early age
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- precocious in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- precocious in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- precocious at OneLook Dictionary Search
