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Grammar : Noun
Spell : pri-kos-i-tee
Phonetic Transcription : prɪˈkɒs ɪ ti



Definition of precocity

Origin :
  • 1630s, from French précocité (17c.), from précoce "precicious," from Latin praecocem (nom. praecox); see precocious.
  • As in intelligence : noun ability to perceive, understand
  • As in smarts : noun intelligence
  • As in genius : noun gift of high intellect
Example sentences :
  • Precocity is sometimes a symptom of disease rather than of intellectual vigour.
  • Extract from : « Self-Help » by Samuel Smiles
  • Will you forgive me if I express amazement at your precocity, and congratulate you upon it?
  • Extract from : « Bardelys the Magnificent » by Rafael Sabatini
  • We have already spoken of the abundance and precocity of wrinkles in born criminals.
  • Extract from : « Criminal Man » by Gina Lombroso-Ferrero
  • Precocity is the privilege of the American, especially the native of New Orleans.
  • Extract from : « The Quadroon » by Mayne Reid
  • And there is something very sad and very fearful in this precocity.
  • Extract from : « Humanity in the City » by E. H. Chapin
  • The little girl's prettiness and precocity appealed to him strongly.
  • Extract from : « The Magnificent Montez » by Horace Wyndham
  • Sometimes this very individuality is mistaken for precocity.
  • Extract from : « Great Pianists on Piano Playing » by James Francis Cooke
  • He was a stern, unsmiling man, and hated all forms of precocity.
  • Extract from : « The $30,000 Bequest and Other Stories » by Mark Twain
  • The precocity and universality of his genius impress one the most.
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 17, Slice 8 » by Various
  • My response to that gave him the idea of making an experiment in precocity.
  • Extract from : « Flappers and Philosophers » by F. Scott Fitzgerald

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