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from The Century Dictionary.

  • Too wise; affectedly wise.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Too wise; affectedly wise.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Excessively wise; too clever for one's own good.

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over- +‎ wise

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