overwise

[ oh-ver-wahyz ]

adjective

1. excessively or unusually wise:

   overwise for a child of her age.

Word History and Origins

Origin of overwise¹

First recorded in 1525–35; over- + wise ¹

Example Sentences

Foolish child, do not pray for wisdom in this overwise thin-faced time of ours.

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He has just left the university, does not deem himself overwise, but believes he knows more than other people.

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I am ashamed, O overwise counsellors, to hear you reason thus absurdly and citizen-like.

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Believe me, you overwise men, with all your wisdom, never learn rightly to understand women.

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Bella hath altogether too many of them, and her mother is not an overwise woman!

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