(sometimes disapproving) (of a child) having developed particular abilities and ways of behaving at a much younger age than usual:
a precocious child who started her acting career at the age of 5 * sexually precocious * From an early age she displayed a precocious talent for music.
precociously adverb:
a precociously talented child
precocity, precociousness noun [U]:
his unusual precocity
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