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overwise

[ oh-ver-wahyz ]

adjective

  1. excessively or unusually wise:

    overwise for a child of her age.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of overwise1

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

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

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

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

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

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

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