I was a very precocious child. From LearnThat.org.
precocious flowers appear before the leaves as in some species of magnolias. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
A precocious child. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
I think the term precocious is applicable as is free spirited. From Wordnik.com. [Survivor: Child Island | Her Bad Mother] Reference
Now those abominations whom you call precocious boys -- your little pet monsters, doctor!. From Wordnik.com. [Ordeal of Richard Feverel — Complete] Reference
For a young kid, he's extremely precocious from a standpoint of being a professional pitcher. From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com - Beckett unfazed by hype and early frustrations] Reference
Just by singing in English, precocious French duo the Do (pronounced "doe") have sparked a cultural shift in their homeland. From Wordnik.com. [frogsmoke.com] Reference
From here, we step forward to our own English word precocious, said of a child who has ripened, or matured, early. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-07-01] Reference
I should add that Joe Biden fully understands that kind of precocious career, if you will. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 23, 2008] Reference
Although, if you want 'precocious' in a heheheh. From Wordnik.com. [Ask MetaFilter] Reference
Or maybe you don't know the meaning of the word "precocious". From Wordnik.com. [Yahoo! Sports - Top News] Reference
Shanghai was, in other words, a precocious producer of what we call the "World's Fair. From Wordnik.com. [Danwei - Media, Advertising, and Urban Life in China] Reference
Though only 21, McIlroy is the kind of precocious talent who could carry the continent for. From Wordnik.com. [Staradvertiser Headlines] Reference
He had printed some of Luke's poems in the paper and called him a "precocious" native genius. From Wordnik.com. [The Best Short Stories of 1920 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story] Reference
McIlroy is only 21, the kind of precocious talent that could carry the continent for a generation. From Wordnik.com. [Original Signal - Transmitting Buzz] Reference
Though only 21, McIlroy is the kind of precocious talent who could carry the continent for a generation. From Wordnik.com. [Staradvertiser Headlines] Reference
The zoo describes the little guy as "precocious" and is gaining 10 percent of his body weight every week. From Wordnik.com. [Vail Daily - Top Stories] Reference
It was deemed awfully "precocious" for Roberts to try to administer such an important oath from memory instead of reading it, as most. From Wordnik.com. [verbatim] Reference
Another tour has been created by a precocious 6-year-old. From Wordnik.com. [From Search Wars to Star Wars] Reference
Always, though, he was precocious, always charming to his elders. From Wordnik.com. [Rings Master] Reference
As a young child, Ne'eman was verbally precocious but socially challenged. From Wordnik.com. [Erasing Autism] Reference
But there's always some precocious kid ready to leap onto the highest podium. From Wordnik.com. [Starr Gazing: Kwan Last Time] Reference
Life with Wakamaru will be like having a precocious child who never throws tantrums. From Wordnik.com. [A Robot Child to Watch Your Back] Reference
In the 1980s, doctors in Puerto Rico began encountering cases of precocious puberty. From Wordnik.com. [Female Infants Growing Breasts: Another Disaster From Hormones in Milk Production] Reference
As we fret over precocious puberty turning little girls into little women, why haven. From Wordnik.com. [Cristen Conger: Girls' Puberty Coming Sooner -- But What about the Boys?] Reference
And Ma Bell's new offspring might do well to take some lessons from the once-precocious Lucent. From Wordnik.com. [An Earlier Att Spinoff Sputters] Reference
Thompson had sparely licensed her precocious 6-year-old "alter ego"; her heirs have no such reservations. From Wordnik.com. [The 'Talk-Show Avoidance' Strategy] Reference
ABC is building a special set in New York so Gilbert's precocious Darlene can keep the wisecracks coming. From Wordnik.com. [A New Room For The Divine Sara] Reference
When his precocious talent began to reveal itself, his parents tried to send him to other coaches and clubs. From Wordnik.com. [ADVANTAGE: BIG TALENT] Reference
There are the precocious connoisseurs, like Klenert, with their cigars, single malts and men's-club mentalities. From Wordnik.com. [Young Fogies] Reference
Hardwicke, to her great credit, refuses to let her precocious actresses titillate any more than the story requires. From Wordnik.com. [Say Goodbye To Hollywood] Reference
Even the granddaddy of this genre, "Sesame Street," has undergone a makeover to better serve today's precocious viewers. From Wordnik.com. [Guilt Free TV] Reference
I would hope she recalls me as a young man with a spry, precocious intellect that presaged sky's-the-limit possibilities. From Wordnik.com. [Starr Gazing: Masterful] Reference
For a precocious Patsy Cline sound-alike to tackle four Cline signature songs seems so rash it might actually be brilliant. From Wordnik.com. [An Abc Of Country Song Covers] Reference
Their precocious self-awareness is specifically French, and it serves to protect them against the storms of childhood's end. From Wordnik.com. [Au Revoir, L'enfance] Reference
Little Diana, a precocious fourth grader with a swinging ponytail and a love for Silly Putty, is George W. Bush's latest China problem. From Wordnik.com. [The Crayon That Roared] Reference
The actor says he took the role partly because he saw his former self in Josh: the precocious Larry, who now bills himself as Laurence. From Wordnik.com. [Searching For Larry Fishburne] Reference
They met in 1995, when he was fresh out of art school and she was a precocious grande dame of Washington, D. C.'s computer-gaming scene. From Wordnik.com. [Truly, Madly, Deeply] Reference
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