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Webster 1913 Edition


Overwise

O′ver-wise′

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Adj.
Too wise; affectedly wise.
Oˊver-wise′ly
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adv.
Oˊver-wise′ness
,
Noun.

Webster 1828 Edition


Overwise

OVERWI'SE

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Adj.
s as z. Wise to affectation.

Definition 2024


overwise

overwise

English

Adjective

overwise (comparative more overwise, superlative most overwise)

  1. Excessively wise; too clever for one's own good.
    • 1859, Charles Dickens, The Haunted House
      “Perkins? Bless you, Perkins wouldn’t go a-nigh the place. No!” observed the young man, with considerable feeling; “he ain’t overwise, ain’t Perkins, but he ain’t such a fool as that.”

Derived terms

  • overwisely
  • overwiseness