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  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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