overwise
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of overwise
Example Sentences
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Foolish child, do not pray for wisdom in this overwise thin-faced time of ours.
From Sinister Street, vol. 1 by MacKenzie, Compton
There was no use disputing proprieties with the overwise girl.
From The Girls at Mount Morris by Douglas, Amanda Minnie
She did not wish me to read, for fear I should grow overwise and make her mine.
From The Thing from the Lake by Ingram, Eleanor M. (Eleanor Marie)
But he was left without a father at an early age, with a considerable fortune, and his mother was indulgent and not overwise.
From That Mother-in-Law of Mine by Anonymous
Middling wise should every man be; never overwise.
From Books and Habits from the Lectures of Lafcadio Hearn by Hearn, Lafcadio
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