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Definition: OVERWISE |
OVERWISEAdjective1. Too wise; affectedly wise. |
Date "OVERWISE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1861. (references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Vanity | Self-satisfied, self-confident, self-sufficient, self-flattering, self-admiring, self-applauding, self-glorious, self-opinionated; entente; (wrongheaded); wise in one's own conceit, pragmatical, overwise, pretentious, priggish; egotistic, egotistical; soi-disant; (boastful); arrogant. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Expression using "OVERWISE": be overwise. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "OVERWISE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
German | superklug (brilliant, smart). (various references) | ||||||||||
Greek | σοφόσ (sage, sapient, savant, wise). (various references) | ||||||||||
Hebrew | ל"תחכם (be overwise, be sophisticated, deal wisely, pretend to be wise, try to be too wise). (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | overwiseay велемудрий, мудрований (tricky), дуже мудрий. (various references) | ||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-i-o-r-s-v-w" | |
-1 letter: erosive, oversew, reviews, viewers. | |
-2 letters: reives, review, revise, rewove, soever, soiree, swerve, viewer, vireos, vowers, wivers. | |
-3 letters: erose, ewers, osier, overs, reive, resew, resow, rives, roves, serow, serve, servo, sever, sewer, sieve, siree, siver, sower, sweer, swive, swore, veers, verse, verso, viers, views, vireo, vires, visor, vower, vrows, weirs, wires, wiser, wiver, wives. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-e-i-o-r-s-v-w" | |
+1 letter: overviews. | |
+2 letters: nonviewers, oversewing, overweighs, overwrites, wolverines. | |
+3 letters: overweights, overwinters, whichsoever. | |
+4 letters: counterviews, overstrewing, servicewoman, servicewomen. | |
+5 letters: whithersoever. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4F 56 45 52 57 49 53 45 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)--- ...- . .-. .--. .. ... . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001111 01010110 01000101 01010010 01010111 01001001 01010011 01000101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)O V E R W I S E |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004F 0056 0045 0052 0057 0049 0053 0045 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4956395257435339 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
German | Übersetzung, Wörterbuch, Definition | "ερμανός, 'רמ ית, 'רמ י, німкеня, німецький, німець |
Greek | λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφραση | grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, יו ית, יו י, грецький, гречанка, грецька мова |
Hebrew | אוצר מילים, "'"ר", "'בל", תור'מ ות, תר'ום, "עתק", "עתק | hebräisch, Hebräer, εβραϊκόσ, εβραϊκά, εβραίοσ, עברי, עברית, іудей, іврит, старо"врейська мова, старо"врейський, "врейський, "врей |
Ukrainian | словник, довідник, чіткість, тлумачення, виразність, визначення, дефініція, ясність, чітка чутність, процес перекладу, переклад, пояснення, переміщення | ukrainisch, ukrainerin, Ukrainer, ουκρανικόσ, Ουκρανός, ουκρανόσ, український, українець |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | englisch, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, א 'לית, англійський, англійці, англійська мова |
| 1. Definition 2. Expressions 3. Translations: Modern 4. Anagrams | 5. Orthography 6. Bibliography |
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