precocity

Meanings

• noun

  Early development or maturity in a child, especially before the age of six.

  - "The precocious child started reading at the age of three."
  - "Despite her young age, she showed great precocity in math."

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with precocity
locality , vitality , productivity

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Variants

List of all variants of precocity that leads to same result
precocious , precociously , precociousness , precociousnesses , precocities , precocity

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Etymology

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From the Latin 'precocitas', meaning 'forward-looking, early, ready'.

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Trivia

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1. The term 'precocity' was first used in English literature in the 16th century.

2. Some studies suggest that precocious children may have certain genetic factors that contribute to their early development.

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Related Concepts

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1. child prodigy: A child who shows exceptional abilities or talents at a very young age.

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Quotes

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1. But what has paleontologists agog is this googol-granddaddy's "precocious" attributes: most notably the relative flatness of its face, which is more modern-looking than skulls half its age.

   - Fred Guterl,{it}Newsweek{/it},22 July 2002

2. … no longer certain that my blackness gave me "precocious" wisdom, or that I could outslick these folks …

   - Lorene Cary,{it}Black Ice{/it},1991

3. … Columbus was still sailing the ocean blue and American English, frisky and rambunctious as a "precocious" child, was as yet unborn.

   - Sarah Lyall,{it}New York Times{/it},10 Apr. 2000

4. As a boy, I had caught eight-inch-long, juvenile "snapper" blues in Barnegat Bay and marveled at the uncommon strength and speed and the "precocious" attack instinct within their slender, silver bodies.

   - Pete Bodo,{it}New York Times{/it},8 July 2001

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How to Memorize "precocity"

1. visualize
   

   - Imagine a young child learning and mastering new skills before others of his age.
   - Visualize a clock with the hand of the minute moving quickly, representing the child's development.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'precocious' with 'advanced' or 'mature'.
   - Think of a young bird leaving the nest before its siblings are ready to fly.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Remember the word 'precocity' as 'pre'- 'co'- 'city', meaning 'before the city' or 'before the maturity of the city'.

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