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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
/ ĭ-ō′ə /
- Relating to or having flowers that blossom before the leaves emerge. Some species of magnolias are precocious.
Derived Forms
- ˈdzdzܲ, adverb
- ˈdzdzܲԱ, noun
Other yvlog Forms
- ·cdzܲ· adverb
- ·cdzܲ·Ա noun
- ܲp·cdzܲ adjective
- un·cdzܲ· adverb
- un·cdzܲ·Ա noun
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of precocious1
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of precocious1
Example Sentences
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.
Mbappe was always too intelligent, too talented and too precocious to fail, or buckle under the pressure, at Real Madrid.
Josh Whitham knows a little bit about the challenges of being a precocious athlete.
Doctors can also prescribe puberty blockers for some conditions for which they are prescribed such as when a child begins what is called precocious puberty — as young as age 4.
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