precocityn.

Brit.

/prᵻˈkɒsᵻti/, U.S.

/prəˈkɑsədi/

Forms: 1600s precocitie, 1600s precositie (Scottish), 1600s– precocity, 1900s– precosity (nonstandard).

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Partly a borrowing from French. Etymons: Latin praecoc- , praecox , -ity suffix; French précocité.

Etymology: Originally < classical Latin praecoc-, praecox precoce adj. + -ity suffix; subsequently reinforced by French précocité (1690 in sense 2, 1781 in sense 1; < précoce precoce adj. + -ité -ity suffix).

a. The quality of being precocious; early maturity, esp. an unusual degree of advancement in some capacity; premature development. Also: an action indicative of this.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > source or principle of life > age > maturity > [noun] > early maturity

precocity1606

timeliness1613

precociousness1681

forwardness1693

prematurity1762

1606 B. Barnes Foure Bks. Offices i. 3 Young noble men were in all the parts of their life generally, temperate and frugall..; yet did not in them appeare that precocitie, which is in many of our young heads of this age.

a1682 Sir T. Browne Christian Morals (1716) i. 42 From such foundations thou may'st be Happy in a Virtuous precocity, and make an early and long walk in Goodness.

1789 C. Burney Gen. Hist. Music III. 446 Their composing anthems..would now be regarded as more wonderful proofs of precocity, if Purcell..at a more earlier period of his life, had not produced compositions that were still superior.

1820 W. Hazlitt Lect. Dramatic Lit. 140 Their productions..bear the marks of precocity and premature decay.

1879 W. E. Gladstone Gleanings Past Years II. vi. 267 In a happy childhood he evinced extreme precocity.

1909 Westm. Gaz. 3 Feb. 2/1 There are few more interesting problems in the psychology of adolescence than that of precocity.

1967 Times 27 July 5/5 If the book is precocious, which it is, its precocity is nothing to that of its protagonist.

2001 Capital (Annapolis, Maryland) 2 May b7/4 Scored for tenor, baritone, chorus and orchestra, it shows amazing precocity for a relatively young and inexperienced composer.

b. A precocious person, esp. a child. Chiefly in plural.

ΚΠ

1849 Littell's Living Age 1 Sept. 387/1 Boys and striplings..are constantly producing verses on a par..with what our most famous precocities have done.

1882 Macmillan's Mag. 46 488/2 George Eliot's children... They are not impossible cherubs, or wingless fairies, or idealised precocities.

1920 Kansas City (Missouri) Star 10 Mar. 26/4 The child chess player in Berlin belongs rather to the type of intellectual precocities, such as the learned child of Lubeck.

1998 Atlanta Jrnl. & Constit. (Nexis) 15 Mar. e5 Graf is back to find women's tennis awash in teenage precocities.

2. Unusual earliness in the ripening of fruit or in flowering. Cf. precocious adj. 1.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > by age or cycles > [noun] > state of being or becoming ripe or mature > early ripeness or flowering

prematurance1610

prematurity1611

precocity1656

precoceness1664

1656 T. Blount Glossographia Precocity, early ripeness, forwardliness in ripening, over hastiness in ripening.

1657 J. Beale Herefordshire Orchards 30 All naturall apples are not of this precocity: the more durable..are much more sullen.

1790 H. Swinburne Trav. Two Scilies (ed. 2) II. 257 In seasons wherein the Scirocco, or other southerly winds blow.., the dates ripen better and sooner than usual... A similar precocity is observed in figs.

1829 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Plants 323 D[aphne] Mezereum..is an old inhabitant of the shrubbery, and deservedly much admired for its precocity and fragrance.

1875 A. R. Wallace in Encycl. Brit. I. 86/2 The grain was very fine and well grown, which gave me the idea to..see if the following year it would preserve its precocity.

1902 Bot. Gaz. 33 462 The importance of this curious case of precocity is its possible bearing upon the production of earlier developing varieties of shade or fruit trees.

1956 Ann. Missouri Bot. Garden 43 191 The numerous Spanish or English horticultural varieties are usually multinominal and are based upon seed characters such as..productivity, growth habit, precocity, and the like.

2005 Sunday Times (Nexis) 1 May (Features section) 36 I find it easy to forget, while admiring the precocity of the flowers in my sheltered London garden, that it can take other parts of the country weeks to catch up.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	precocity
释义	precocityn. Brit. /prᵻˈkɒsᵻti/, U.S. /prəˈkɑsədi/ Forms: 1600s precocitie, 1600s precositie (Scottish), 1600s– precocity, 1900s– precosity (nonstandard). Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Partly a borrowing from French. Etymons: Latin praecoc- , praecox , -ity suffix; French précocité. Etymology: Originally < classical Latin praecoc-, praecox precoce adj. + -ity suffix; subsequently reinforced by French précocité (1690 in sense 2, 1781 in sense 1; < précoce precoce adj. + -ité -ity suffix). 1. a. The quality of being precocious; early maturity, esp. an unusual degree of advancement in some capacity; premature development. Also: an action indicative of this. ΘΚΠ the world > life > source or principle of life > age > maturity > [noun] > early maturity precocity1606 timeliness1613 precociousness1681 forwardness1693 prematurity1762 1606 B. Barnes Foure Bks. Offices i. 3 Young noble men were in all the parts of their life generally, temperate and frugall..; yet did not in them appeare that precocitie, which is in many of our young heads of this age. a1682 Sir T. Browne Christian Morals (1716) i. 42 From such foundations thou may'st be Happy in a Virtuous precocity, and make an early and long walk in Goodness. 1789 C. Burney Gen. Hist. Music III. 446 Their composing anthems..would now be regarded as more wonderful proofs of precocity, if Purcell..at a more earlier period of his life, had not produced compositions that were still superior. 1820 W. Hazlitt Lect. Dramatic Lit. 140 Their productions..bear the marks of precocity and premature decay. 1879 W. E. Gladstone Gleanings Past Years II. vi. 267 In a happy childhood he evinced extreme precocity. 1909 Westm. Gaz. 3 Feb. 2/1 There are few more interesting problems in the psychology of adolescence than that of precocity. 1967 Times 27 July 5/5 If the book is precocious, which it is, its precocity is nothing to that of its protagonist. 2001 Capital (Annapolis, Maryland) 2 May b7/4 Scored for tenor, baritone, chorus and orchestra, it shows amazing precocity for a relatively young and inexperienced composer. b. A precocious person, esp. a child. Chiefly in plural. ΚΠ 1849 Littell's Living Age 1 Sept. 387/1 Boys and striplings..are constantly producing verses on a par..with what our most famous precocities have done. 1882 Macmillan's Mag. 46 488/2 George Eliot's children... They are not impossible cherubs, or wingless fairies, or idealised precocities. 1920 Kansas City (Missouri) Star 10 Mar. 26/4 The child chess player in Berlin belongs rather to the type of intellectual precocities, such as the learned child of Lubeck. 1998 Atlanta Jrnl. & Constit. (Nexis) 15 Mar. e5 Graf is back to find women's tennis awash in teenage precocities. 2. Unusual earliness in the ripening of fruit or in flowering. Cf. precocious adj. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > by age or cycles > [noun] > state of being or becoming ripe or mature > early ripeness or flowering prematurance1610 prematurity1611 precocity1656 precoceness1664 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Precocity, early ripeness, forwardliness in ripening, over hastiness in ripening. 1657 J. Beale Herefordshire Orchards 30 All naturall apples are not of this precocity: the more durable..are much more sullen. 1790 H. Swinburne Trav. Two Scilies (ed. 2) II. 257 In seasons wherein the Scirocco, or other southerly winds blow.., the dates ripen better and sooner than usual... A similar precocity is observed in figs. 1829 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Plants 323 D[aphne] Mezereum..is an old inhabitant of the shrubbery, and deservedly much admired for its precocity and fragrance. 1875 A. R. Wallace in Encycl. Brit. I. 86/2 The grain was very fine and well grown, which gave me the idea to..see if the following year it would preserve its precocity. 1902 Bot. Gaz. 33 462 The importance of this curious case of precocity is its possible bearing upon the production of earlier developing varieties of shade or fruit trees. 1956 Ann. Missouri Bot. Garden 43 191 The numerous Spanish or English horticultural varieties are usually multinominal and are based upon seed characters such as..productivity, growth habit, precocity, and the like. 2005 Sunday Times (Nexis) 1 May (Features section) 36 I find it easy to forget, while admiring the precocity of the flowers in my sheltered London garden, that it can take other parts of the country weeks to catch up. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1606
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