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Definition of Overwise
1. a. Too wise; affectedly wise.
Definition of Overwise
1. Adjective. Excessively wise; too clever for one's own good. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Overwise
1. too wise [adj] - See also: wise
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overwise
Literary usage of Overwise
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Vicar of Wakefield: A Tale by Oliver Goldsmith (1900)
"... CHAPTER XV All Mr. Burchell's villainy at once detected — The folly of being
overwise. fI ^HAT evening, and part of the follow- I ing day, was employed ..."
2. The Christian Examiner and General Review edited by Francis Jenks, James Walker, Francis William Pitt Greenwood, William Ware (1843)
"Review of a Sermon on the " Danger of being overwise." Preached June 7th, 1835.
By VV. B. SPRAGUE, DD Boston : TV. S. Damrell. 1842. ..."
3. The Professor at the Breakfast Table by Oliver Wendell Holmes (1916)
"Rain me sweet odors on the air, And wheel me up my Indian chair, And spread some
book not overwise Flat out before my sleepy eyes. — Who knows it not, ..."
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