1600-1700Latinpraecox ‘becoming ripe early’, from coquere ‘to cook, ripen’
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
The book's narrator is a precocious 12-year-old boy.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
Harriet is played by Michelle Trachtenberg, a precocious child actress portraying a precocious child.
It is unclear when Patsy Ramsey first launched her precocious daughter on the circuit.
The egg needs to be extremely large because it contains the nourishment required to produce a most precocious chick.
There are even two precocious child skaters, who make you realise how long the process of togetherness takes to gell.
Werbach was a precocious environmentalist and a leadership prodigy.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY►precocious child
a precocious child who walked and talked early
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN►child
· There are even two precocious child skaters, who make you realise how long the process of togetherness takes to gell.· In any case, I am cautious about pushing a precocious child on to first grade.· Harriet is played by Michelle Trachtenberg, a precocious child actress portraying a precocious child.· Scott Konrad had always been a precocious child, Deborah recalled.
a precocious child shows intelligence or skill at a very young age, or behaves in an adult way – sometimes used to show disapproval in British English: a precocious child who walked and talked early—precociously adverb—precociousness (also precocity) /prɪˈkɒsəti $ -ˈkɑː-/ noun [uncountable]