Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for PRE-CO'CIOUS
PRE-CLU'SIVE-LYPRE-CO'CIOUS-LY
PRE-CO'CIOUS, a. [L. præcox; præ, before, and coquo, to cook or prepare.]
- Ripe before the proper or natural time; as, precocious trees. – Brown.
- Premature.
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