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21Wise Donkey — Infobox character colour = blue colour text = series = Oz name = Wise Donkey caption = The Wise Donkey illustration by Frank Ver Beck first = A New Wonderland (1899) last = The Patchwork Girl of Oz (1913) creator = L. Frank Baum alias = species …
22Wise — Recorded as Wise, Wyse, Wisdom, Wiseman, Wisman, and no doubt others, this is an English surname. It is of pre 7th century Anglo Saxon origin, and derives from a byname applied to a learned person . Such a person would have been regarded with… …
23-wise — aff. use a suffixal use of wise II in adverbs denoting manner, position, direction, reference, etc.: clockwise; edgewise; marketwise; timewise[/ex] • usage: The suffix wise is old in the language in adverbs referring to manner, direction, etc.:… …
24-wise — suffix forming adjectives and adverbs of manner (crosswise; clockwise; lengthwise) or respect (moneywise) (cf. WAYS). Usage: More fanciful phrase based combinations, such as employment wise (= as regards employment) are colloq., and restricted to …
25wise — English has two distinct words wise, but they come from the same ultimate source: the Indo European base *woid , *weid , *wid . This denoted ‘see’, and hence ‘know’, and it also produced English idea, vision, and wit. From it was formed the past… …
26wise — English has two distinct words wise, but they come from the same ultimate source: the Indo European base *woid , *weid , *wid . This denoted ‘see’, and hence ‘know’, and it also produced English idea, vision, and wit. From it was formed the past… …
27Wise fool — The wise fool, or the wisdom of the fool is a theme that seems to contradict itself in which the fool may have an attribute of wisdom. With probable beginnings early in the civilizing process, the concept developed during the Middle Ages when… …
28Wise Guys (film) — Infobox Film name = Wise Guys caption = Theatrical release poster director = Brian De Palma producer = Aaron Russo writer = George Gallo Norman Steinberg starring = Danny DeVito Joe Piscopo Harvey Keitel Dan Hedaya Lou Albano music = Ira Newborn… …
29-wise — a suffixal use of wise2 in adverbs denoting manner, position, direction, reference, etc.: counterclockwise; edgewise; marketwise; timewise. Cf. ways. Usage. The suffix WISE is old in the language in adverbs referring to manner, direction, etc.:… …
30Wise Men of Gotham — ▪ English legend in English legend, wise fools, villagers of Gotham, Nottinghamshire, Eng. The story is that, threatened by a visit from King John (reigned 1199–1216), they decided to feign stupidity and avoid the expense entailed by the… …
