Precocity: alternatives and connections

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Precocity

The quality or state of being precocious; untimely ripeness; premature development, especially of the mental powers; forwardness.

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Intelligence 76% connected

The act or state of knowing; the exercise of the understanding.

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Precocious 74% connected

Ripe or mature before the proper or natural time; early or prematurely ripe or developed; as, precocious trees.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Precocious 74% connected

Ripe or mature before the proper or natural time; early or prematurely ripe or developed; as, precocious trees.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Precociousness 92% connected

Alt. of Precocity

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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