Crossword-Solution: PRECOCIOUS
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Precocious | a. | Ripe or mature before the proper or natural time; early or prematurely ripe or developed; as, precocious trees. |
| Precocious | a. | 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. |
We have 18 clues for the answer “PRECOCIOUS”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Like rubies and sapphires | 1 answer |
| Like a smart child | 1 answer |
| Exceptionally early | 1 answer |
| Describing a child prodigy. | 1 answer |
| In control | 6 answers |
| A 20, EXCEPTIONALLY RARE | 10 answers |
| Primordial ___ | 20 answers |
| precipitant | 21 answers |
| quickened | 21 answers |
| Pert | 27 answers |
| prior | 34 answers |
| Presumptuous | 42 answers |
| premature | 45 answers |
| Earlier | 49 answers |
| preceding | 59 answers |
| Advanced | 67 answers |
| Immature | 74 answers |
| Forward. | 89 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
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greedy person
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Sentences with PRECOCIOUS (5)
See Precocious, Cook.] (Bot.) A fruit allied to the plum, of an orange color, oval shape, and delicious taste; also, the tree (Prunus Armeniaca of Linn‘us) which bears this fruit.
But in the unfolding of his precocious spirit, the literary control comes uppermost; his boat, finding its keel, swings to the helm of mind.
There was a certain generous amplitude to the full, round curves of her hips and shoulders that suggested the precocious maturity of a healthy, vigorous animal life passed under the hot southern sun of a half-tropical country.
Her questions testified to a wholesome and comprehensive human curiosity, and her comments showed, like her face and her whole attitude, an odd mingling of precocious wisdom and disarming ignorance.
The other, without appearing to note his annoyance, went on, cheerfully: "She was a precocious huntress: early in youth she passed through the accumulator stage, leaving it to the crude or village belle to rejoice in numbers and the excitement of teasing cubs in the bear-pit.
Quotes with PRECOCIOUS (3)
But Jesus makes his appearance here only as a corpse; the living man, the wine-guzzling vagrant and precocious socialist, is never once mentioned, nor anything he ever had to say. Christ crucified rules, and it may be that the true business of modern Christianity is to crucify him again and again so that he can never get a word out of his mouth.
Teachers dread nothing so much as unusual characteristics in precocious boys during the initial stages of their adolescence. A certain streak of genius makes an ominous impression on them, for there exists a deep gulf between genius and the teaching profession. Anyone with a touch of genius seems to his teachers a freak from the very first. As far as teachers are concerned, they define young geniuses as those who are bad, disrespectful, smoke at fourteen, fall in love at fift…
When I pretended to be precocious, people started the rumor that I was precocious. When I acted like an idler, rumor had it I was an idler. When I pretended I couldn't write a novel, people said I couldn't write. When I acted like a liar, they called me a liar. When I acted like a rich man, they started the rumor I was rich. When I feigned indifference, they classed me as the indifferent type. But when I inadvertently groaned because I was really in pain, they started the rum…
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Appears in: NYT, Universal, WSJ.
Used 4 times in crossword archives (1960–2023).