Wiseacre

Definitions

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

Equivalents

Examples

“That other class of wiseacres who twist⟳ prophecy in such a manner as to make⟳ it promise⟳ the destruction and desolation of the same city, use⟳ judgement just as bad, since the city is in a very flourishing condition now, unhappily for them.”

“But noooooo! Some wiseacre “expert” will patronizingly explain⟳ that because gymnast Kim Zmeskal’s left little toenail was off center by the length of an eyelash, the judges will be forced to dock a tenth of a point⟳ from her score⟳.”

“A fool's paradise is better than a wiseacre's purgatory.”

“Peter Gower, a Grecian, journied for cunning in Egypt, and in Syria, and in every land⟳ where the Venetians had planted Masonry; and winning entrance into all lodges of Masons, he learned much, and returned and dwelt in Grecia Magna; watching and becoming a mighty wiseacre, and greatly renowned, and here he framed a grat lodge at Groton, (Crotona. Mr. Locke,) and maked many Masons; wherefrom, in process⟳ of time, the art passed into England.”

“At their village the woman consulted the local wiseacre, explaining the difficulties her son-in-law was creating.”

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