Wiseacre Definition
wīzākər
wiseacres
noun
wiseacres
A person who makes annoyingly conceited claims to knowledge.
Webster's New World
Other Word Forms of Wiseacre
Noun
Singular:
wiseacre
Plural:
wiseacresOrigin of Wiseacre
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Alteration by folk etymology from Middle Dutch wijsseggher soothsayer translation of Middle High German wīssage from Old High German wīssago seer alteration (influenced by forasago sayer beforehand, prophet) of wīzago from wīzag knowledgeable weid- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
a 1600, from Middle Dutch wijssegger (“soothsayer"), from Old High German wÄ«zzago, from wizzan (“to know")
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