wiseacre
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Etymology [edit]
a 1600, from Middle Dutch wijssegger (“soothsayer”), from Old High German wīzzago, from wizzan (“to know”)
Noun [edit]
wiseacre (plural wiseacres)
- One who feigns knowledge or cleverness; an insolent upstart.
- (obsolete) A learned or wise man.
- Pythagoras learned much […] becoming a mighty wiseacre. — Leland.
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one who feigns knowledge or cleverness
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