wisenheimer
or weis·en·heim·er
[ wahy-zuh n-hahy-mer ]
/ ˈwaɪ zənˌhaɪ mər /
noun Informal.
a wiseacre or smart aleck.
RELATED WORDS
crook, hoodlum, know-it-all, mobster, bigmouth, smarty-pants, wiseacre, wiseass, criminal, hood, mafioso, wise-ass, smarty, swellhead, smart-ass, malapert, witling
Nearby words
- wisecrack,
- wisecracking,
- wisely,
- wiseman,
- wiseman, nicholas patrick stephen,
- wisent,
- wish,
- wish fulfillment,
- wish fulfilment,
- wish list
Origin of wisenheimer
1915–20, Americanism; earlier also wiseheimer, equivalent to wise1 + -(en)heimer, extracted from surnames with this ending
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