Found 2 items, similar to precocious.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: precocious
precocious
adj 1: characterized by or characteristic of exceptionally early
development or maturity (especially in mental
aptitude);
“a precocious child”;
“a precocious
achievement” [ant:
retarded]
2: appearing or developing early;
“precocious flowers appear
before the leaves as in some species of magnolias”
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Precocious
Precocious
\Pre*co"cious\, a. [L. praecox, -ocis, and
praecoquus, fr. praecoquere to cook or ripen beforehand; prae
before + coquere to cook. See 3d
Cook, and cf.
Apricot.]
1. Ripe or mature before the proper or natural time; early or
prematurely ripe or developed; as, precocious trees. [R.]
--Sir T. Browne.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]