Definitions for precocious

precocious pre·co·cious

Spelling: [pri-koh-shuh s]
IPA: /prɪˈkoʊ ʃəs/

Precocious is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 20 points.

You can make 488 anagrams from letters in precocious (cceiooprsu).

Definitions for precocious

adjective

  1. unusually advanced or mature in development, especially mental development:
  2. prematurely developed, as the mind, faculties, etc.
  3. of or relating to premature development.
  4. Botany. flowering, fruiting, or ripening early, as plants or fruit. bearing blossoms before leaves, as plants. appearing before leaves, as flowers.

Origin of precocious

1640-50; Latin praecoci-, stem of praecox (see precocity) + -ous

Examples for precocious

The children are precocious and cute and the whole thing is freaking adorable.

As for that precocious damsel, she would run no least risk of destruction by the satyr.

Henry was still in bed, but awake and reading Smiles with precocious gusto.

Her mother tried to frighten her; but the child was too precocious.

Many of our greatest divines have been anything but precocious.

Do you like him frozen in time as a precocious boy genius doctor with a ridiculous name?

Heightening his angst, Warren pines for precocious Jessica (Gevinson).

Of precocious nature, she endured her martyrdom with extraordinary fortitude.

The budding relationship between the ornery sexagenarian and the precocious young child ultimately gives the film its momentum.

precocious even in his private life, Macron does not have children of his own but, at 36, he is a grandfather.

Word Value for precocious
Scrable

16

Words with friends

20

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