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Wiseacre
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828
Part of speech: noun (n.)
1. A learned or wise man. [Obs.] Pythagoras learned much . . . becoming a mighty wiseacre. Leland.
2. One who makes undue pretensions to wisdom; a would-be-wise person; hence, in contempt, a simpleton; a dunce.