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Webster 1913 Edition


Precocity

{

Pre-co′cious-ness

,

Pre-coc′i-ty

, }
Noun.
[Cf. F.
précocité
.]
The quality or state of being precocious; untimely ripeness; premature development, especially of the mental powers; forwardness.
Saucy
precociousness
in learning.
Bp. Mannyngham.
That
precocity
which sometimes distinguishes uncommon genius.
Wirt.