precocious
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- adjective
- /prɪˈkoʊʃəs/
- The precocious child amazed everyone with her ability to solve complex math problems before entering kindergarten.
- precocious child
- precocious girl
- precocious development
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Watch on YouTubeBut she was a spiritual, precocious, intelligent, charming young girl.
- But she was a spiritual, precocious, intelligent, charming young girl.
- So to call the stars of this show the kid stars precocious, I think is almost an understatement.
- He read news at that age was very precocious.
- And I want to mention that precocious puberty is treated with puberty blockers.
- I went from being a pretty precocious, rambunctious child to being a very awkward, very sad preteen.
- Already by that time, the Lovecraft is a a very bright, precocious boy starts reciting poetry, memorizing it.
- And he was really very precocious at that age and much smarter than I was and still much smarter than I am.
- Like the the most precocious, difficult nightmare of a guy.
- They're just just for, you know, a few months for, for things like precocious puberty.
- And you know, did she also was, you know, she was a special kind of precocious.
Examples
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Home schooling is a viable option for educating precocious, gifted, and talented children.
Academic text (2002) -
Despite the abundance of research and theories about human development, few recent studies involve precocious children.
Academic text (1996) -
You' re a real precocious kid.
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Hey, my precocious little daughter.
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You are a precocious boy who is perhaps ashamed at how much he likes attention.
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And he was really very precocious at that age and much smarter than I was and still much smarter than I am.
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But she was a spiritual, precocious, intelligent, charming young girl.
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Despite this domestic instability, Georgiana remained a precocious child and learned to read by the age of four.
Fiction book (2001) -
As a child, Astorre was always a leader, precocious in his sociability.
Fiction book (2001) -
He's a precocious boy, a bit withdrawn, secretive with a gift for languages and mathematics.
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Etymology
The word precocious comes from Latin parts prae- 'before' and coquere 'to cook', where coquere meant 'to ripen'. So something precocious 'ripens before' others, and we use it for a child or plant that shows skill or growth earlier than usual.