meaning of precocious
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 ones years; too forward; -- used especially of mental forwardness; as, a precocious child; precocious talents.
3. appearing or developing early; "precocious flowers appear before the leaves as in some species of
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