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1. Ripe or mature before the proper or natural time; early or prematurely ripe or developed; as, precocious trees.
2. Developed more than is natural or usual at a given age; exceeding what is to be expected of one's years; too forward; used especially of mental forwardness; as, a precocious child; precocious talents.
Origin: L. Praecox, -ocis, and praecoquus, fr. Praecoquere to cook or ripen beforehand; prae = before + coquere to cook. See Cook, and cf. Apricot.
(01 Mar 1998)
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