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| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Wiseacre \Wise"a*cre\, n. [OD. wijssegger or G. weissager a foreteller, prophet, from weissagen to foretell, to prophesy, OHG. w[c6]ssag[?]n, corrupted (as if compounded of the words for wise and say) fr. w[c6]zzag[?]n, fr. w[c6]zzag[?] a prophet, akin to AS. w[c6]tiga, w[c6]tga, from the root of E. wit. See {Wit}, v.] 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. | |
