precocious
adjective
(of children) showing
unusually early mental development or achievement, or
The child's precocious ability to play chess is
astonishing.
At the precocious age of 29 she was made a
professor of philology.
ESPECIALLY DISAPPROVING He's
such a precocious little brat that none of the other children want to play with
him.
precociously
adverb
He was a precociously gifted boy who went to
university at the age of 14.
She decided on a theatrical career at a precociously
young age.
precociousness, formal
precocity
noun [U]
What is surprising about the new generation of writers
is their precociousness, for they all began to write at a very young age.