Precocity (noun)
prek-os-it-ee
the state of or tendency to be flowering, fruiting, or ripening early, as plants or fruit.
Precocity, “the state of ripening early,” ultimately comes from Latin praecox, “early ripening,” from the verb praecoquere, “to bake early, ripen early.”
Example sentences
“Strawberry plants are known for their precocity.”
Wonky (adj) won-kee Not straight or balanced, off kilter. First recorded in 1915–20; perhaps variant of dialectal wanky, equivalent to wank(le) ( Middle English wankel, Old English wancol. (more…)
