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smartie

English

Noun

smartie (plural smarties)

  1. Alternative spelling of smarty

Anagrams

  • AIRMETs, Artemis, Reitsma, Ritsema, Ter Sami, imarets, maestri, maister, maistre, mariets, masrite, mirates, misrate

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wiseacre

English

Etymology

From Middle Dutch wijssegger (“soothsayer”), from Old High German w?zzago, w?zago (“wise man, prophet, soothsayer”), from Proto-West Germanic *w?tag? (“wise one; prophet”). Cognate with Old English w?tega (“wise man, prophet”). See also German Weissager (“soothsayer, seer”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?wa?ze?k?(?)/

Noun

wiseacre (plural wiseacres)

  1. One who feigns knowledge or cleverness; one who is wisecracking; an insolent upstart.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:know-it-all
    • 1869, Mark Twain, the Innocents Abroad, Random House (2003), pages 298-299
      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.
  2. (obsolete) A learned or wise man. [from before 1600]

Derived terms

  • wiseacring

Translations

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