|prē chiefly Brit |pre+ noun
Etymology: partly from French prématurité (from pré- pre- + maturité maturity, from Latin maturitat-, maturitas ), partly from premature + -ity
: the quality or state of being premature: as
a. : early ripeness or flowering of a plant
b. : early maturity or development : precocity
c. : untimely maturity : undue earliness or haste : hastiness
d. : the condition of an infant born viable but before its proper time