precocious
adjective/prɪˈkəʊʃəs/
/prɪˈkəʊʃəs/
(sometimes disapproving)- (of a child) having developed particular abilities and ways of behaving at a much younger age than usual
- a precocious child who started her acting career at the age of 5
- sexually precocious
- From an early age she displayed a precocious talent for music.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryPrecocious is used with these nouns:- child
- talent
Word Originmid 17th cent.: from Latin praecox, praecoc- (from praecoquere ‘ripen fully’, from prae ‘before’ + coquere ‘to cook’) + -ious.Definitions on the go
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