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precocious

adj
/pɹəˈkəʊʃəs/

Etymology

From Latin praecox (“premature, precocious, ripe before time, early ripe”), from praecoquō (“to ripen beforehand, ripen fully, also boil beforehand”), from prae (“before”) + coquō (“to cook, boil, ripen”). Doublet of apricot.

  1. derived from praecox — “premature, precocious, ripe before time, early ripe”

Definitions

  1. Characterized by exceptionally early development or maturity.

    • The precocious plant was already blooming flowers by day 4.
    • She's precocious and she knows just / What it takes to make a pro blush

  2. Exhibiting advanced skills and aptitudes at an abnormally early age.

    • The precocious child began reading the newspaper at age four.
    • 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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Derived

precociously, precociousness, precocious pseudopuberty, precocious puberty, unprecocious

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA