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precocity

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pre·co·cious  (pr-kshs)
adj.
1. Manifesting or characterized by unusually early development or maturity, especially in mental aptitude.
2. Botany Blossoming before the appearance of leaves.
[From Latin praecox, praecoc-, premature, from praecoquere, to boil before, ripen early : prae-, pre- + coquere, to cook, ripen; see pekw- in Indo-European roots.]
pre·cocious·ly adv.
pre·cocity (-ks-t), pre·cocious·ness n.
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Noun1.precocity - intelligence achieved far ahead of normal developmental schedules
precociousness
intelligence - the ability to comprehend; to understand and profit from experience


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But now the idea came strongly into Hester's mind, that Pearl, with her remarkable precocity and acuteness, might already have approached the age when she could have been made a friend, and intrusted with as much of her mother's sorrows as could be imparted, without irreverence either to the parent or the child.
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The boy's precocity led the queen to call him her 'little Lord Keeper.
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In society, in the best institutions of men, it is easy to detect a certain precocity.
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