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Precocity

//pɹəˈkɒsɪti// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The state of being precocious. countable, uncountable

    "1817 William Wirt, Sketches of the Life and Character of Patrick Henry, New York: M'elrath, Bangs & Co., 1834, Section I, pp. 23-4, https://books.google.ca/books?id=5vE5AAAAcAAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false I cannot learn that he gave in his youth, any evidence of that precocity which sometimes distinguishes uncommon genius."

  2. 2
    intelligence achieved far ahead of normal developmental schedules wordnet

Etymology

From French précocité.

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