precocity
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/pɹəˈkɒsɪti/
Definition of precocity
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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(countable, uncountable)The state of being precocious.
“1817 William Wirt, Sketches of the Life and Character of Patrick Henry, New York: M'elrath, Bangs & Co., 1834, Section I, pp. 23-4, https://books.google.ca/books?id=5vE5AAAAcAAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false I cannot learn that he gave in his youth, any evidence of that precocity which sometimes distinguishes uncommon genius.”
“By the side of many tall and bouncing young ladies in the establishment, Rebecca Sharp looked like a child. But she had the dismal precocity of poverty.”
“It was as if his precocity of crookedness (and every vulgar villain is precocious) had for once deceived him, and the man he had sought to entrap as a simpleton had, through his very simplicity, ignominiously baffled him.”
“How can we explain the relative precocity in political studies that the Greeks demonstrated in contrast to the backwardness of other early peoples?”
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Etymology
From French précocité.
Words you can make from precocity
185 playable · top: ECOTYPIC (17 pts)
Best play ecotypic 17 points7-letter words
5 words6-letter words
18 words5-letter words
30 words- CREPY 12 pts
- CRYPT 12 pts
- PRICY 12 pts
- PYRIC 12 pts
- TYPIC 12 pts
- COYER 10 pts
- PIETY 10 pts
- ROPEY 10 pts
- TEPOY 10 pts
- CERCI 9 pts
- CERIC 9 pts
- COPER 9 pts
- CREPT 9 pts
- CRIPE 9 pts
- CROCI 9 pts
- OPTIC 9 pts
- PICOT 9 pts
- PRICE 9 pts
- TOPIC 9 pts
- TOYER 8 pts
- CITER 7 pts
- RECIT 7 pts
- RECTI 7 pts
- RECTO 7 pts
- REPOT 7 pts
- TOPER 7 pts
- TORIC 7 pts
- TRICE 7 pts
- TRIPE 7 pts
- TROPE 7 pts
4-letter words
65 words- COPY 11 pts
- PYIC 11 pts
- CITY 9 pts
- CORY 9 pts
- PITY 9 pts
- PREY 9 pts
- PYRE 9 pts
- PYRO 9 pts
- ROPY 9 pts
- TYPE 9 pts
- TYPO 9 pts
- YIPE 9 pts
- COPE 8 pts
- COPI 8 pts
- CRIP 8 pts
- CROC 8 pts
- CROP 8 pts
- EPIC 8 pts
- PERC 8 pts
- PICE 8 pts
- OYER 7 pts
- RYOT 7 pts
- TORY 7 pts
- TREY 7 pts
- TROY 7 pts
- TYER 7 pts
- TYRE 7 pts
- TYRO 7 pts
- YETI 7 pts
- YORE 7 pts
- CERO 6 pts
- CERT 6 pts
- CIRE 6 pts
- CITE 6 pts
- COIR 6 pts
- CORE 6 pts
- COTE 6 pts
- CRIT 6 pts
- ETIC 6 pts
- OTIC 6 pts
- PERI 6 pts
- PERT 6 pts
- PIER 6 pts
- POET 6 pts
- PORE 6 pts
- PORT 6 pts
- REPO 6 pts
- RICE 6 pts
- RIPE 6 pts
- ROPE 6 pts
- TOPE 6 pts
- TOPI 6 pts
- TORC 6 pts
- TRIP 6 pts
- TROP 6 pts
- RIOT 4 pts
- RITE 4 pts
- ROTE 4 pts
- ROTI 4 pts
- TIER 4 pts
- TIRE 4 pts
- TIRO 4 pts
- TORE 4 pts
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- TRIO 4 pts
3-letter words
49 words- COY 8 pts
- CRY 8 pts
- ICY 8 pts
- PRY 8 pts
- PYE 8 pts
- YEP 8 pts
- YIP 8 pts
- CEP 7 pts
- COP 7 pts
- PEC 7 pts
- PIC 7 pts
- RYE 6 pts
- TOY 6 pts
- TRY 6 pts
- TYE 6 pts
- YER 6 pts
- YET 6 pts
- COR 5 pts
- COT 5 pts
- ECO 5 pts
- ICE 5 pts
- OPE 5 pts
- OPT 5 pts
- ORC 5 pts
- PER 5 pts
- PET 5 pts
- PIE 5 pts
- PIT 5 pts
- POI 5 pts
- POT 5 pts
- PRO 5 pts
- REC 5 pts
- REP 5 pts
- RIP 5 pts
- ROC 5 pts
- TEC 5 pts
- TIC 5 pts
- TIP 5 pts
- TOP 5 pts
- IRE 3 pts
- ORE 3 pts
- ORT 3 pts
- REI 3 pts
- RET 3 pts
- ROE 3 pts
- ROT 3 pts
- TIE 3 pts
- TOE 3 pts
- TOR 3 pts
2-letter words
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