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ˈover-ˈwise, a.|-waɪz|
[over- 28: cf. MHG. überwîse.]
Too wise, exceedingly or affectedly wise. not over-wise, rather deficient in wisdom.
[1535Coverdale Eccl. vii. 16 Be thou nether to rightuous ner ouer wyse.] 1588A. King tr. Canisius' Catech. 54 Gif we be nocht ouerwyse in our awin conceit. a1611Beaum. & Fl. Philaster iv. iii, Fear it not, their overwise heads will think it but a trick. 1711Addison Spect. No. 170 ⁋11 Who are so wonderfully subtle and over-wise in their Conceptions. 1864Tennyson Grandmother 3 And Willy's wife has written: she never was over-wise, Never the wife for Willy: he wouldn't take my advice.
Hence ˈover-ˈwisely adv., too wisely; ˈover-ˈwiseness, ˈover-ˈwisdom, the condition, fact, or affectation of being overwise.
1596Raleigh Farewell viii, Tell Wisdome she entangles Herself in ouer-wiseness. 1842Manning Serm. xxiv. (1848) I. 357 They that slight the prophecies of Christ, and they that over-wisely expound them, alike fall into the same snare. 1845J. H. Newman Ess. Developm. 87 Both sacred and profane writers witness that overwisdom is folly. 1865Kingsley Herew. vii, Behaving, alas for her! not over wisely or well. |