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precociousness
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun precociousness has 1 sense
- precociousness(n = noun.cognition) precocity - intelligence achieved far ahead of normal developmental schedules; Array is a kind of intelligence
Derived form adjective precocious1
CIDE DICTIONARY
precociousness, n. [Cf. F. précocité.].
The quality or state of being precocious; untimely ripeness; premature development, especially of the mental powers; forwardness. [1913 Webster]
"Saucy precociousness in learning."
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"That precocity which sometimes distinguishes uncommon genius."
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