Precocious
/pɹəˈkəʊʃəs/ adj
adj ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Characterized by exceptionally early development or maturity.
"The precocious plant was already blooming flowers by day 4."
- 2 Exhibiting advanced skills and aptitudes at an abnormally early age.
"The precocious child began reading the newspaper at age four."
Adjective
- 1 appearing or developing early wordnet
- 2 characterized by or characteristic of exceptionally early development or maturity (especially in mental aptitude) wordnet
Example
More examples"You are being rather precocious."
Etymology
From Latin praecox (“premature, precocious, ripe before time, early ripe”), from praecoquō (“to ripen beforehand, ripen fully, also boil beforehand”), from prae (“before”) + coquō (“to cook, boil, ripen”). Doublet of apricot.