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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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