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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: wiseacre (0.01919 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to wiseacre.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: wiseacre
wiseacre
n : an upstart who makes conceited, sardonic, insolent comments
[syn:
wise guy,
smart aleck,
wisenheimer,
weisenheimer]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Wiseacre
Wiseacre
\Wise"a*cre\, n. [OD. wijssegger or G. weissager a
foreteller, prophet, from weissagen to foretell, to prophesy,
OHG. w[=i]ssag?n, corrupted (as if compounded of the words
for wise and say) fr. w[=i]zzag?n, fr. w[=i]zzag? a prophet,
akin to AS. w[=i]tiga, w[=i]tga, from the root of E. wit. See
Wit, v.]
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1. A learned or wise man. [Obs.]
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Pythagoras learned much . . . becoming a mighty
wiseacre. --Leland.
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2. One who makes undue pretensions to wisdom; a would-be-wise
person; hence, in contempt, a simpleton; a dunce.
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