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ˈwaɪzˌeɪ kərwiseacre
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Princeton's WordNet
wise guy, smart aleck, wiseacre, wisenheimer, weisenheimernoun
an upstart who makes conceited, sardonic, insolent comments
Wiktionary
wiseacrenoun
One who feigns knowledge or cleverness; an insolent upstart.
wiseacrenoun
A learned or wise man.
Pythagoras learned much becoming a mighty wiseacre. uE000153020uE001 Leland.
Etymology: a 1600, from wijssegger, from wīzzago, from wizzan
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Wiseacrenoun
Etymology: It was antiently written wisesegger, as the Dutch wiseggher, a soothsayer.
Why, says a wiseacre that sat by him, were I as the king of France, I would scorn to take part with footmen. Addison.
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wiseacre
A wiseacre is a person who behaves or speaks in a way that shows they think they are smarter than others, often displaying sarcastic or know-it-all behavior and making comments that are intended to be clever or funny but that may also be annoying or presumptuous. It is often used as a mildly derogatory term.
Webster Dictionary
Wiseacre
a learned or wise man
Wiseacre
one who makes undue pretensions to wisdom; a would-be-wise person; hence, in contempt, a simpleton; a dunce
Etymology: [OD. wijssegger or G. weissager a foreteller, prophet, from weissagen to foretell, to prophesy, OHG. wssagn, corrupted (as if compounded of the words for wise and say) fr. wzzagn, fr. wzzag a prophet, akin to AS. wtiga, wtga, from the root of E. wit. See Wit, v.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Wiseacre
wī′zā-kėr, n. one who pretends to wisdom without grounds, a simpleton quite unconscious of being such. [Perh. through the medium of Dutch from Ger. weissager, a soothsayer, weissagen, to foretell—Old High Ger. wīzago, a prophet.]
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of wiseacre in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of wiseacre in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
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