precocity
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Precocity might be overrated, but Casillas still looks the Real deal.
From The Guardian • Oct. 22, 2010
Precocity, 144; in poetry, 145; of mathematicians, 147.
From Essay on the Creative Imagination by Baron, Albert Heyem Nachmen
His Precocity Very few details have come down to us in regard to his earlier years; and such details as we have refer almost wholly to his musical precocity.
From Haydn by Hadden, J. Cuthbert (James Cuthbert)
Precocity, however, is a quality of dubious virtue.
From Essays in War-Time Further Studies in the Task of Social Hygiene by Ellis, Havelock
“Well, so she is,” went on Precocity, with the abominable straightforwardness of her tender years.
From Renshaw Fanning's Quest A Tale of the High Veldt by Mitford, Bertram
Vocabulary lists containing precocity
The Scarlet Letter
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