vorwitzig
German
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editFrom Middle High German virwitzec, from Old High German firiwizzīg (“curious”). By surface analysis, Vorwitz + -ig.
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editvorwitzig (strong nominative masculine singular vorwitziger, comparative vorwitziger, superlative am vorwitzigsten)
- meddlesome, cheeky
- Synonym: vorlaut
- 1766, Christoph Martin Wieland, chapter 4, in Geschichte des Agathon[1], volume 1:
- Allein dieses, und eine schneeweiße Hand mit dem Anfang eines vollkommen schönen Arms war alles, was das neidische Gewand den vorwitzigen Blicken nicht versagte; […]
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- p. 1796, August Wilhelm Schlegel, transl., Wie es euch gefällt[2], translation of As You Like It by William Shakespeare, [Act I, scene ii]:
- Wohlan! Da der junge Mensch nicht hören will, so mag er auf seine eigne Gefahr vorwitzig sein.
- Come on. Since the youth will not be entreated, his own peril on his forwardness.
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