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Grammar : Adj
Spell : pri-koh-shuh s
Phonetic Transcription : prɪˈkoʊ ʃəs

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Définition of precocious

Origin :
  • 1640s, "developed before the usual time" (of plants), with -ous + Latin praecox (genitive praecocis) "maturing early," from prae "before" (see pre-) + coquere "to ripen," literally "to cook" (see cook (n.)). Originally of flowers or fruits. Figurative use, of persons, dates from 1670s. Related: Precociously; precociousness.
  • adj exceptionally smart, ahead of age in understanding
Example sentences :
  • As for that precocious damsel, she would run no least risk of destruction by the satyr.
  • Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
  • Many of our greatest divines have been anything but precocious.
  • Extract from : « Self-Help » by Samuel Smiles
  • Her mother tried to frighten her; but the child was too precocious.
  • Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola
  • Of precocious nature, she endured her martyrdom with extraordinary fortitude.
  • Extract from : « The Fortune of the Rougons » by Emile Zola
  • Henry was still in bed, but awake and reading Smiles with precocious gusto.
  • Extract from : « A Great Man » by Arnold Bennett
  • His countenance was pleasing and bore no trace of precocious criminality.
  • Extract from : « Criminal Man » by Gina Lombroso-Ferrero
  • He was, however, an individual of earthy hue, with precocious wrinkles.
  • Extract from : « Criminal Man » by Gina Lombroso-Ferrero
  • In crossing to Niagara, we had a specimen of the precocious colonist of 1845.
  • Extract from : « Canada and the Canadians » by Sir Richard Henry Bonnycastle
  • This is a beautiful illustration of the futility of precocious teaching.
  • Extract from : « The Measurement of Intelligence » by Lewis Madison Terman
  • But the precocious Adams had only a little of the prig and nothing of the hypocrite in his nature.
  • Extract from : « John Quincy Adams » by John. T. Morse

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