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precocious
What does precocious mean?
precocious (adjective): exhibiting advanced skills and aptitudes at an abnormally early age.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use precocious in a sentence?
- The precocious child began reading the newspaper at age four. (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0)
How do you pronounce precocious?
/pɹɪˈkoʊʃəs/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does precocious come from?
From Latin praecox (“premature, precocious, ripe before time, early ripe”), from praecoquō (“to ripen beforehand, ripen fully, also boil beforehand”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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What does “precocious” mean?
seemingly boundless in amount, number, degree, or especially extent
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skillful in influencing or controlling others to your own advantage
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native to a particular area or culture; originating where it occurs
Not quite: that's what endemic means.
exhibiting advanced skills and aptitudes at an abnormally early age
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