wiseacre

Meaning

Noun

One who feigns knowledge or cleverness; one who is wisecracking; an insolent upstart.
A learned or wise man.

Origin

From Middle Dutch wijssegger ("soothsayer"), from Old High German wīzzago, wīzago, from Proto-West Germanic *wītagō ("wise one; prophet"). Cognate with Old English wītega ("wise man, prophet"). See also German Weissager ("soothsayer, seer").

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