Both Uses of
precocious
in
Bleak House
- He stands precociously possessed of centuries of owlish wisdom.†
Chpt 19-21 *
- Such a precocious little girl, with such a dowdy bonnet on (that, too, of a gauzy texture), who brought her sandalled shoes in an old threadbare velvet reticule.†
Chpt 37-39
Definition:
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(precocious) early development -- especially ability or maturity in a child
or more rarely:
disapproving description of a child who takes liberties usually afforded to people who are older