This week’s theme
Words to describe people

This week’s words
ambivert
hapless
superbious
hoary
precocious

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Next week’s theme
Words related to the hand

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PRONUNCIATION:

(pri-KOH-shuhs)

MEANING:

adjective: Exhibiting advanced development at an early age.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Latin praecox (premature, early ripening), from praecoquere (to ripen early), from prae- (pre) + coquere (to cook or ripen). Ultimately from the Indo-European root pekw- (to cook or ripen), which is also the source of cook, cuisine, kitchen, kiln, biscuit, apricot (an early-ripening peach, literally speaking), pumpkin, and Hindi pakka (ripened, cooked). Earliest documented use: 1650.

USAGE:

“In 1971 a precocious German academic -- at 32 years old, the holder of five degrees in engineering and economics -- hosted a conference.”
A Tour of the Magic Mountain; The Economist (London, UK); Jan 18, 2020.

See more usage examples of precocious in Vocabulary.com’s dictionary.

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