overwise
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of overwise
Example Sentences
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Is investment of their moneys or speculation for profit to be made safe for the stupid and for those overwise in their own conceits� by policing every traveler on that road?
From Time Magazine Archive
Thomas Baker, the historian of the College, suggests that "the scholars were overwise and the brethren over good."
From St. John's College, Cambridge by New, E. H. (Edmund Hort)
They cast their lines into the brook, And watch'd with careful eyes In case some finny feeder might Be taken by surprise, And tempted be to have a bite, Not being overwise!
From Golden Moments Bright Stories for Young Folks by Anonymous
I have seen the old carle before: he was dwelling in the wildwood because he was overwise to live with other folk.
From The Well at the World's End: a tale by Morris, William
"To be overwise, is worse, sometimes, than to be foolish," answered Cethegus.
From The Roman Traitor, Vol. 2 by Herbert, Henry William
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