1. precocious - Adjective
2. precocious - Adjective Satellite
Ripe or mature before the proper or natural time; early or prematurely ripe or developed; as, precocious trees.
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.
Source: Webster's dictionaryThe grim fact is that we prepare for war like precocious giants, and for peace like retarded pygmies. Lester B. Pearson
Precocious talents mature slowly if at all. Gore Vidal
All literature is written by the old to teach the young how to express themselves so that they in turn may write literature to teach the old how to express themselves. All literature is written by mentally precocious adolescents and by mentally precocious senescents. Laura Riding
He is physically and technically precocious. He's got a good engine and remarkable energy. He reads the game and he passes quickly. I would hate to think Liverpool have someone as good as Roy Keane. Steven Gerrard
I had a phenomenal memory and could recite long poems by Russian poets, mainly Pushkin. Except for an unusual memory, I was not precocious in any respect and somewhat later, to the chagrin of my father, I was inordinately slow learning the multiplication tables. Mark Kac
Oh my precocious one," she said. "You never fail to charm me. Bisexual is it, how Byronic and charming. Doesn't that double's one's chances for love? I'm so delighted. Anne Rice