Where does overwise come from?

It is traced to Middle English.

overwise

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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"“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.”"

From Middle English overe-wyse, over wise, equivalent to over- + wise.

more overwise (comparative) most overwise (superlative) over wise (alternative)

overwisely overwiseness

overwisdom

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