precocity

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pre·coc·i·ty

   [pri-kos-i-tee]
noun
the state of being or tendency to be precocious.
Origin:
1630–40; < French précosité, equivalent to précose (< Latin praecoci-, stem of praecox early ripening, adj. derivative of praecoquere to bake or ripen early; see pre-, cook1) + -ité -ity
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Precocity is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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  • At the outset it was the sheer marvel of his precocity.
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World English Dictionary
precocious (prɪˈkəʊʃəs)
 
—adj
1.  ahead in development, such as the mental development of a child
2.  botany (of plants, fruit, etc) flowering or ripening early
 
[C17: from Latin praecox early maturing, from prae early + coquere to ripen]
 
pre'cociously
 
—adv
 
pre'cociousness
 
—n
 
precocity
 
—n

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