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precocious |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Precocious \Pre*co"cious\, a. [L. praecox, -ocis, and praecoquus fr praecoquere to cook or ripen beforehand; prae before + coquere to cook. See 3d {Cook}, and cf {Apricot}.] 1. Ripe or mature before the proper or natural time; early or prematurely ripe or developed; as precocious trees. [R.] --Sir T. Browne. 2. Developed more than is natural or usual at a given age; exceeding what is to be expected of one's years; too forward; -- used especially of mental forwardness; as a precocious child; precocious talents. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: precocious adj 1: characterized by or characteristic of exceptionally early development or maturity (especially in mental aptitude); "a precocious child"; "a precocious achievement" [ant: {retarded}] 2: (botany) appearing or developing early; "precocious flowers appear before the leaves as in some species of magnolias"
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