wisenheimer

or weis·en·heim·er

[wahy-zuh n-hahy-mer]

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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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Related Words for wisenheimer

crook, hoodlum, know-it-all, mobster, bigmouth, smarty-pants, wiseacre, wiseass, wisenheimer, criminal, hood, mafioso, wise-ass, smarty, swellhead, smart-ass, malapert, witling