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wiseacre

[ wahyz-ey-ker ]

noun

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


wiseacre

/ 藞飞补瑟锄藢别瑟办蓹 /

noun

  1. a person who wishes to seem wise
  2. a wise person: often used facetiously or contemptuously
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of wiseacre1

1585鈥95; < Middle Dutch wijssager prophet, translation of Middle High German 飞墨蝉蝉补驳别, late Old High German 飞墨蝉蝉补驳辞, by popular etymology equivalent to 飞墨蝉 wise + sago sayer, from earlier 飞墨锄锄补驳辞 wise person; cognate with Old English 飞墨迟别驳补, akin to wit 2
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of wiseacre1

C16: from Middle Dutch wijsseggher soothsayer; related to Old High German 飞墨蝉saga, German Weissager. See wise 1, say
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鈥淗ey,鈥 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 鈥渕y statue was the butt of wiseacres and witlings, I never in word, or thought, swerved from my principle,鈥 he wrote.

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Insouciance goes a fairly long way in 鈥淐onfess, Fletch,鈥 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 鈥淕et out of the hole!鈥 the next time he putts.

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