Overwise
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Excessively wise; too clever for one's own good.
"“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.”"
Example
More examples"To be overwise is to ossify; and the scruple-monger ends by standing stockstill."
Etymology
From Middle English overe-wyse, over wise, equivalent to over- + wise.
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