PRECO'CIOUS, adjective [Latin proecox; proe, before, and coquo, to cook or prepare.]
1. Ripe before the proper or natural time; as precocious trees.
2. Premature.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.