wiseacre.
One who feigns knowledge or cleverness; one who is wisecracking; an insolent upstart.
Meaning & usage
One who feigns knowledge or cleverness; one who is wisecracking; an insolent upstart.
A learned or wise man.
Where this word comes from
From Middle Dutch wijssegger (“soothsayer”), from Old High German wīzzago, wīzago (“wise man, prophet, soothsayer”), from Proto-West Germanic *wītagō (“wise one; prophet”). Cognate with Old English wītga (“wise man, prophet”). See also German Weissager (“soothsayer, seer”).
To act like a wiseacre; to wisecrack.
Where this word comes from
From Middle Dutch wijssegger (“soothsayer”), from Old High German wīzzago, wīzago (“wise man, prophet, soothsayer”), from Proto-West Germanic *wītagō (“wise one; prophet”). Cognate with Old English wītga (“wise man, prophet”). See also German Weissager (“soothsayer, seer”).
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