noun
Meaning 1
The condition of being precocious
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: precocity
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
precociousness
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noun
Meaning 2
intelligence achieved far ahead of normal developmental schedules
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: precocity
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: intelligence
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English precocious Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English precociousness From precocious + -ness.
Across languages
Translations
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: преждевременно развитие (preždevremenno razvitie) — condition of being precocious
- Catalan: precocitat — condition of being precocious
- German: Frühreife — condition of being precocious
- Irish: seanaimsearthacht — condition of being precocious
- Irish: seanchríonnacht — condition of being precocious
- Irish: seanórthacht — condition of being precocious
- Spanish: precocidad — condition of being precocious
- Swedish: brådmogenhet — condition of being precocious