See precocious in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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]
},
{
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{
"word": "prodigy"
},
{
"word": "apricot"
}
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"text": "The precocious plant was already blooming flowers by day 4.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1859, George Meredith, chapter 15, in The Ordeal of Richard Feverel. A History of Father and Son. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Chapman and Hall, →OCLC:",
"text": "Now those abominations whom you call precocious boys—your little pet monsters, doctor!—and who can wonder that the world is what it is? when it is full of them—as they will have no divine time to look back upon in their own lives, how can they believe in innocence and goodness, or be other than sons of selfishness and the Devil?",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1981, Donna Weiss, Jackie DeShannon (lyrics and music), “Bette Davis Eyes”, performed by Kim Carnes:",
"text": "She's precocious and she knows just / What it takes to make a pro blush",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2014 November 14, Stephen Halliday, “Scotland 1-0 Republic of Ireland: Maloney the hero”, in The Scotsman:",
"text": "Scotland’s most encouraging early source of an attacking threat was Andrew Robertson as the precocious left-back charged forward to good effect on a couple of occasions.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page 5:",
"text": "Both groups, also, have already evolved precocious (intracapsular) spore germination.",
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}
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{
"text": "The precocious child began reading the newspaper at age four.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1964, Sherman Brothers (lyrics and music), “Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious”, in Mary Poppins, Walt Disney:",
"text": "Mary: Even though the sound of it is something quite atrocious / If you say it loud enough you'll always sound precocious.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Exhibiting advanced skills and aptitudes at an abnormally early age."
],
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[
"skill",
"skill"
],
[
"aptitude",
"aptitude"
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]
}
],
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{
"enpr": "prĭ-kō'shəs"
},
{
"ipa": "/pɹəˈkəʊʃəs/"
},
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{
"rhymes": "-əʊʃəs"
}
],
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{
"word": "tranty"
},
{
"word": "prodigious"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "ranozrjal",
"sense": "characterized by exceptionally early development or maturity",
"word": "ранозрял"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "characterized by exceptionally early development or maturity",
"word": "precoç"
},
{
"code": "nan-hbl",
"lang": "Chinese",
"sense": "characterized by exceptionally early development or maturity",
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "lêng-lāi"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zǎohuì",
"sense": "characterized by exceptionally early development or maturity",
"word": "早慧"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zǎoshú",
"sense": "characterized by exceptionally early development or maturity",
"word": "早熟"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"note": "超齡 /超龄 (chāo líng, literally “超乎其年齡的”)",
"sense": "characterized by exceptionally early development or maturity"
},
{
"code": "da",
"english": "development",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "characterized by exceptionally early development or maturity",
"word": "tidlig udviklet"
},
{
"code": "da",
"english": "maturity",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "characterized by exceptionally early development or maturity",
"word": "tidlig moden"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "characterized by exceptionally early development or maturity",
"word": "vroegrijp"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "characterized by exceptionally early development or maturity",
"word": "vroegvolwassen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "characterized by exceptionally early development or maturity",
"word": "varhaiskypsä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "characterized by exceptionally early development or maturity",
"word": "pikkuvanha"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "characterized by exceptionally early development or maturity",
"word": "précoce"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "naadrevi",
"sense": "characterized by exceptionally early development or maturity",
"word": "ნაადრევი"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "malemzardi",
"sense": "characterized by exceptionally early development or maturity",
"word": "მალემზარდი"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "characterized by exceptionally early development or maturity",
"word": "frühreif"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "próimos",
"sense": "characterized by exceptionally early development or maturity",
"word": "πρώιμος"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "characterized by exceptionally early development or maturity",
"word": "korán érő"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "characterized by exceptionally early development or maturity",
"word": "seanchríonna"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "characterized by exceptionally early development or maturity",
"word": "precoce"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "characterized by exceptionally early development or maturity",
"word": "praecox"
},
{
"code": "gv",
"lang": "Manx",
"sense": "characterized by exceptionally early development or maturity",
"word": "appee roish yn traa"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "characterized by exceptionally early development or maturity",
"word": "bråmoden"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "characterized by exceptionally early development or maturity",
"word": "tidlig moden"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "characterized by exceptionally early development or maturity",
"word": "bråmoden"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "characterized by exceptionally early development or maturity",
"word": "tidleg moden"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "characterized by exceptionally early development or maturity",
"word": "precoce"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "skorospelyj",
"sense": "characterized by exceptionally early development or maturity",
"word": "скороспелый"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "characterized by exceptionally early development or maturity",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "на̀да̄рен"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "characterized by exceptionally early development or maturity",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "прѐрано развијен"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "characterized by exceptionally early development or maturity",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "nàdāren"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "characterized by exceptionally early development or maturity",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "prèrano razvijen"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "characterized by exceptionally early development or maturity",
"word": "precoz"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "characterized by exceptionally early development or maturity",
"word": "brådmogen"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "skorostýhlyj",
"sense": "characterized by exceptionally early development or maturity",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "скорости́глий"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "skorospílyj",
"sense": "characterized by exceptionally early development or maturity",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "скороспі́лий"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "preždevremenno razvit",
"sense": "exhibiting advanced skills at an abnormally early age",
"word": "преждевременно развит"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "exhibiting advanced skills at an abnormally early age",
"word": "precoç"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zǎohuì",
"sense": "exhibiting advanced skills at an abnormally early age",
"word": "早慧"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "exhibiting advanced skills at an abnormally early age",
"word": "vroegrijp"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "exhibiting advanced skills at an abnormally early age",
"word": "vroegvolwassen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "exhibiting advanced skills at an abnormally early age",
"word": "pikkuvanha"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "exhibiting advanced skills at an abnormally early age",
"word": "edistynyt"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "exhibiting advanced skills at an abnormally early age",
"word": "etevä"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "exhibiting advanced skills at an abnormally early age",
"word": "précoce"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "naadrevad ganvitarebuli",
"sense": "exhibiting advanced skills at an abnormally early age",
"word": "ნაადრევად განვითარებული"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "exhibiting advanced skills at an abnormally early age",
"word": "frühreif"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "exhibiting advanced skills at an abnormally early age",
"word": "altklug"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "exhibiting advanced skills at an abnormally early age",
"word": "koraérett"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"english": "old for one’s years, prematurely old",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "exhibiting advanced skills at an abnormally early age",
"word": "koravén"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "exhibiting advanced skills at an abnormally early age",
"word": "seanchríonna"
},
{
"code": "gv",
"lang": "Manx",
"sense": "exhibiting advanced skills at an abnormally early age",
"word": "appee roish yn traa"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "exhibiting advanced skills at an abnormally early age",
"word": "bråmoden"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "exhibiting advanced skills at an abnormally early age",
"word": "tidlig moden"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "exhibiting advanced skills at an abnormally early age",
"word": "bråmoden"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "exhibiting advanced skills at an abnormally early age",
"word": "tidleg moden"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ne po godam rázvityj",
"sense": "exhibiting advanced skills at an abnormally early age",
"word": "не по годам ра́звитый"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "exhibiting advanced skills at an abnormally early age",
"word": "precoz"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "exhibiting advanced skills at an abnormally early age",
"word": "brådmogen"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "exhibiting advanced skills at an abnormally early age",
"word": "försigkommen"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "exhibiting advanced skills at an abnormally early age",
"word": "lillgammal"
}
],
"word": "precocious"
}
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