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German
Etymology
From Middle High German virwitzec, from Old High German firiwizzīg (“curious”). By surface analysis, Vorwitz + -ig.
Pronunciation
Adjective
vorwitzig (strong nominative masculine singular vorwitziger, comparative vorwitziger, superlative am vorwitzigsten)
- meddlesome, cheeky
- Synonym: vorlaut
1766, Christoph Martin Wieland, chapter 4, in Geschichte des Agathon, 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; […]- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
p. 1796, August Wilhelm Schlegel, transl., Wie es euch gefällt, translation of As You Like It by William Shakespeare, :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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