overwise

American  

[oh-ver-wahyz] / ˈoʊ vərˈwaɪz /

adjective

1. excessively or unusually wise.

   overwise for a child of her age.

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Etymology

Origin of overwise

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

Example Sentences

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overwise

Love is enough—My Faithful, in your eyes I see the thought, Our Lord is overwise Some minutes past in what concerns him not, And us no more: is all his tale forgot?

From Poems By The Way & Love Is Enough by Morris, William

If the golden apple be taken The world will be overwise.

From The Suppressed Poems of Alfred Lord Tennyson by Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron

There was no use disputing proprieties with the overwise girl.

From The Girls at Mount Morris by Douglas, Amanda Minnie

Dinwiddie, the Scotch governor, was eager enough to fight, and full of energy and good intentions, but he was hasty and not overwise, and was filled with an excessive idea of his prerogatives.

From George Washington, Volume I by Lodge, Henry Cabot

Hamish, left to his own not overwise devices, decided to return to the country where he had quitted all that was dear to him, dangerous though that return might be.

From The Story of Old Fort Loudon by Murfree, Mary Noailles