Word Meanings - PRECOCIOUS - Book Publishers vocabulary database

praecoquere to cook or ripen beforehand; prae before + coquere to 1. Ripe or mature before the proper or natural time; early or prematurely ripe or developed; as, precocious trees. Sir T. Browne. 2. Developed more than is natural or usual at

Additional info about word: PRECOCIOUS

praecoquere to cook or ripen beforehand; prae before + coquere to 1. Ripe or mature before the proper or natural time; early or prematurely ripe or developed; as, precocious trees. Sir T. Browne. 2. Developed more than is natural or usual at a given age; exceeding what is to be expected of one's years; too forward; -- used especially of mental forwardness; as, a precocious child; precocious talents.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of PRECOCIOUS)

• Premature
• Hasty
• crude
• unauthenticated
• untimely
• precocious
• precipitate
• too early
• rash
• unseasonable

Related words: (words related to PRECOCIOUS)

• PRECIPITATELY
  In a precipitate manner; headlong; hastily; rashly. Swift.
• EARLY
  Soon; in good season; seasonably; betimes; as, come early. Those that me early shall find me. Prov. viii. 17. You must wake and call me early. Tennyson.
• PRECOCIOUS
  praecoquere to cook or ripen beforehand; prae before + coquere to 1. Ripe or mature before the proper or natural time; early or prematurely ripe or developed; as, precocious trees. Sir T. Browne. 2. Developed more than is natural or usual at
• CRUDELY
  In a crude, immature manner.
• PRECOCIOUSNESS; PRECOCITY
  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.
• UNTIMELY
  Not timely; done or happening at an unnatural, unusual, or improper time; unseasonable; premature; inopportune; as, untimely frosts; untimely remarks; an untimely death.
• CRUDENESS
  A crude, undigested, or unprepared state; rawness; unripeness; immatureness; unfitness for a destined use or purpose; as, the crudeness of iron ore; crudeness of theories or plans.
• HASTY
  Proceeding from, or indicating, a quick temper. Take no unkindness of his hasty words. Shak 6. Forward; early; first ripe. "As the hasty fruit before the summer." Is. xxviii. 4. (more info) 1. Involving haste; done, made, etc., in haste; as,
• UNSEASONABLE
  Not seasonable; being, done, or occurring out of the proper season; ill-timed; untimely; too early or too late; as, he called at an unseasonable hour; unseasonable advice; unseasonable frosts; unseasonable food. -- Un*sea"son*a*ble*ness,
• HASTY PUDDING
  1. A thick batter pudding made of Indian meal stirred into boiling water; mush. 2. A batter or pudding made of flour or oatmeal, stirred into boiling water or milk.
• PREMATURE
  1. Mature or ripe before the proper time; as, the premature fruits of a hotbed. 2. Happening, arriving, existing, or performed before the proper or usual time; adopted too soon; too early; untimely; as, a premature fall of snow; a premature birth;
• PRECOCIOUSLY
  In a precocious manner.
• CRUDE
  Harsh and offensive, as a color; tawdry or in bad taste, as a combination of colors, or any design or work of art. (more info) crudus raw; akin to cruor blood . See Raw, 1. In its natural state; not cooked or prepared by fire or heat; undressed;
• PRECIPITATE
  1. Overhasty; rash; as, the king was too precipitate in declaring war. Clarendon. 2. Lacking due deliberation or care; hurried; said or done before the time; as, a precipitate measure. "The rapidity of our too precipitate course." Landor.
• CLEARLY
  In a clear manner.
• HALF-YEARLY
  Two in a year; semiannual. -- adv. Twice in a year; semiannually.
• RECRUDESCENT
  recrudescere to become raw again; pref. re- re- + crudescere to 1. Growing raw, sore, or painful again. 2. Breaking out again after temporary abatement or supression; as, a recrudescent epidemic.
• OVERHASTY
  Too hasty; precipitate; rash. -- O"ver*has"ti*ly, adv. -- O`ver*has"ti*ness, n.
• PEARLY
  1. Containing pearls; abounding with, or yielding, pearls; as, pearly shells. Milton. 2. Resembling pearl or pearls; clear; pure; transparent; iridescent; as, the pearly dew or flood.
• REARLY
  Early. Beau. & Ft.
• RECRUDESCE
  To be in a state of recrudescence; esp., to come into renewed freshness, vigor, or activity; to revive. The general influence . . . which is liable every now and then to recrudesce in his absence. Edmund Gurney.
• NEARLY
  In a near manner; not remotely; closely; intimately; almost.
• RECRUDENCY
  Recrudescence.
• RECRUDESCENCE; RECRUDESCENCY
  Increased severity of a disease after temporary remission. Dunglison. (more info) Etym: 1. The state or condition of being recrudescent. A recrudescence of barbarism may condemn it to chronic poverty and waste. Duke of Argyll.
• CURVILINEARLY
  In a curvilinear manner.