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.] [1913 Webster] 1. A learned or wise man. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Pythagoras learned much . . . becoming a mighty wiseacre. --Leland. [1913 Webster] 2. One who makes undue pretensions to wisdom; a would-be-wise person; hence, in contempt, a simpleton; a dunce. [1913 Webster]