precocity's Usage Examples:

His precocity was remarkable.

all-star team may just mean a lot of prima donnas!As a child, Donne's precocity was such that it was said of him that "this age hath brought forth another Pico della Mirandola.

He was educated at the college of the Jesuits in his native city, and distinguished himself by the extraordinary precocity and versatility of his talents.

Other small-fruited pears, distinguished by their precocity and apple-like fruit, may be referred to P.

The precocity and universality of his genius impress one the most.

His precocity was extraordinary; at three years of age he was able to read, and in his thirteenth year he composed Greek and Latin orations and delivered them in public.

Its duration varies with the precocity of the embryo.

From the earliest age young Niebuhr manifested extraordinary precocity, and from 1794 to 1796, being already a finished classical scholar and acquainted with several modern languages, he studied at the university of Kiel.

Even in an imitative artist such precocity of talent is remarkable, and the date is therefore open to legitimate doubt.

To say that they evince precocity of intellect gives no idea of their main characteristics.

Synonyms:

precociousness, intelligence,

Antonyms:

intelligent, inability, stupidity,