wiseacre

  • 101weisenheimer — n American a know all, wise guy , wiseacre or wiseass. The word, dating from the first decade of the 20th century, is an elabo ration of the standard term wise into a quasi German or Yiddish surname (on the lines of Oppenheimer, etc.) …

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  • 102Gothamist — n. Gothamite, simple minded person, person lacking wisdom; wiseacre, arrogant person who thinks he knows everything, showoff, person who pretends to be smart …

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  • 103Gothamists — n. Gothamite, simple minded person, person lacking wisdom; wiseacre, arrogant person who thinks he knows everything, showoff, person who pretends to be smart …

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  • 104Gothamite — Go·tham·ite || gɒθəmaɪt n. gothamist, simple minded person, person lacking wisdom; wiseacre, arrogant person who thinks he knows everything, showoff, person who pretends to be smart; resident of New York city …

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  • 105Gothamites — Go·tham·ite || gɒθəmaɪt n. gothamist, simple minded person, person lacking wisdom; wiseacre, arrogant person who thinks he knows everything, showoff, person who pretends to be smart; resident of New York city …

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  • 106wisenheimer — [ wʌɪz(ə)nˌhʌɪmə] noun US informal a person who pretends to be wise or knowledgeable; a wiseacre. Origin early 20th cent.: from wise1 + the suffix (n)heimer found in surnames such as Oppenheimer …

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  • 107dunce — n. Simpleton, fool, dolt, ignoramus, witling, wiseacre, blockhead, block, numskull, dullard, thickhead, thick skull, dunderhead, dunderpate, clodpoll, clodpate, beetle head, bull head, dull head, addle head, logger head, chuckle head, jolt head,… …

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  • 108gothamist — n. Blunderer, wiseacre, witling, pretender to wisdom, man of small wit …

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  • 109ignoramus — n. Sciolist, smatterer, novice, wiseacre, greenhorn, simpleton, numskull. See dunce …

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  • 110witling — n. Wiseacre, Gothamite, blunderer, pretender to wisdom, man of small wit. See dunce …

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