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wiseacre

[ wahyz-ey-ker ]

noun

  1. a person who possesses or affects to possess great wisdom.


wiseacre

/ ˈ·É²¹Éª³úËŒ±ðɪ°ìÉ™ /

noun

  1. a person who wishes to seem wise
  2. a wise person: often used facetiously or contemptuously
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of wiseacre1

1585–95; < Middle Dutch wijssager prophet, translation of Middle High German ·ÉÄ«²õ²õ²¹²µ±ð, late Old High German ·ÉÄ«²õ²õ²¹²µ´Ç, by popular etymology equivalent to ·ÉÄ«²õ wise + sago sayer, from earlier ·ÉÄ«³ú³ú²¹²µ´Ç wise person; cognate with Old English ·ÉÄ«³Ù±ð²µ²¹, akin to wit 2
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of wiseacre1

C16: from Middle Dutch wijsseggher soothsayer; related to Old High German ·ÉÄ«²õsaga, German Weissager. See wise 1, say
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“Hey,†said one wiseacre, stepping into a gaggle of car people on the patio at the Mission Ranch.

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Watching it now reveals an altogether different Fallon, more sarcastic wiseacre than chipper enthusiast.

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While “my statue was the butt of wiseacres and witlings, I never in word, or thought, swerved from my principle,†he wrote.

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Insouciance goes a fairly long way in “Confess, Fletch,†which revives the wiseacre investigator once played by Chevy Chase and featured in a series of novels by Gregory Mcdonald.

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You just know some wiseacre will be screaming “Get out of the hole!†the next time he putts.

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