wisenheimer
or weis·en·heim·er
[ wahy-zuhn-hahy-mer ]
/ ˈwaɪ zənˌhaɪ mər /
noun Informal.
a wiseacre or smart aleck.
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Origin of wisenheimer
1915–20, Americanism; earlier also wiseheimer, equivalent to wise1 + -(en)heimer, extracted from surnames with this ending
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