Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for PRE-CO'CIOUS-NESS, or PRE-COC'I-TY
PRE-CO'CIOUS-NESS, or PRE-COC'I-TY, n.
Rapid growth and ripeness before the usual time; prematureness. – Howell. I can not learn that he gave, in his youth, any evidence of that precocity which sometimes distinguishes uncommon genius. – Wirt's Life of P. Henry.
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