Both Uses of
precocious
in
Vanity Fair
- But she had the dismal precocity of poverty.†
Chpt 2 *
- "How he DU dam and swear," the servants would cry, delighted at his precocity.†
Chpt 56
Definition:
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
or more rarely:
disapproving description of a child who takes liberties usually afforded to people who are older