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Definition of: precocious
(pri·kō′shəs) adjective
1. Developing before the natural season.
2. Unusually forward or advanced, especially mentally.
3. Bot. Flowering or ripening early, as certain plants. [<OF precoce <L praecox, praecocis <praecoquere cook or ripen beforehand <prae- before + coquere cook]
—pre·co′cious·ly adverb
—pre·co′cious·ness, pre·coc′i·ty (-kos′ə·tē) noun
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