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Look up: precocious

  1. precocious
    [adj] - characterized by or characteristic of exceptionally early development or maturity (especially in mental aptitude) 2. [adj] - (botany) appearing or developing early
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. Precocious
    Precocious: Unusually early development, whether it be of intellectual powers, speech, physical traits, etc. Precocious puberty is the unusually early development of secondary sexual features. The onset of sexual maturation in a girl before age 8 or a boy before age 9 is usually considered to be pre...
    Found on http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.

  3. Precocious
    Pre·co'cious adjective [ Latin praecox , -ocis , and praecoquus , from praecoquere to cook or ripen beforehand; prae before + coquere to cook. See 3d Cook , and confer Apricot .] 1. Ri...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/145

  4. precocious
    1. Ripe or mature before the proper or natural time; early or prematurely ripe or developed; as, precocious trees. ... 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 chil...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  5. precocious
    adjective appearing or developing early; `precocious flowers appear before the leaves as in some species of magnolias`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  6. precocious
    adjective characterized by or characteristic of exceptionally early development or maturity (especially in mental aptitude); `a precocious child`; `a precocious achievement`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  7. Precocious
    • (a.) Ripe or mature before the proper or natural time; early or prematurely ripe or developed; as, precocious trees. • (a.) 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, ...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  8. precocious
    precocious 1. Developed more than is usual at a certain age. 2. Before cooking or before being cooked. 3. Premature; development of mind and/or body before one's age. 4. Relating to or having flowers that blossom before the leaves emerge. Some species of magnolias are precocious.
    Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/inf

  9. precocious
    Type: Term Pronunciation: prē-kō′shŭs Definitions: 1. Developing unusually early or rapidly.
    Found on http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictio



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