6 August 2017

wiseacre

[wahyz-ey-ker]

noun

1. a person who possesses or affects to possess great wisdom.
2. wise guy.

Origin of wiseacre

Middle Dutch, Middle High German late Old High German
1585-1595; < Middle Dutch wijssager prophet, translation of Middle High German wīssage, late Old High German wīssago, by popular etymology equivalent to wīs wise + sago sayer, from earlier wīzzago wise person; cognate with Old English wītega, akin to wit2

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Examples from the Web for wiseacre

Contemporary Examples

Yes, as some wiseacre will point out in the comments, this is the hometown of the Chiefs.
Dan Snyder’s Indian Chief Is Neither
Michael Tomasky
June 27, 2013

Historical Examples
The learned ignorance of the wiseacre always compels him to laugh at the man with an idea that is new.
The Common Sense of Socialism
John Spargo

A barrel may sound hollow, but not a bird–this wiseacre acquaints us.
De Libris: Prose and Verse
Austin Dobson

Anagram

wiser ace
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Today’s quote

Ah, kindness. What a simple way to tell another struggling soul that there is love to be found in the world.

– A. A. Malee

On this day

6 August 1661 – Holland sells Brazil to Portugal for 8 million guilders.

6 August 1806 – The Holy Roman Empire comes to an inglorious end at the hands of Napoleon.

6 August 1928 – birth of Andy Warhol. (Born Andrew Warhola). American artist who was a pioneer of pop art. American writer, Gore Vidal, once said, ‘Andy Warhol is the only genius I’ve ever known with an IQ of 60‘. Died 22 February 1987.

6 August 1945 – USA drops an atomic bomb, called ‘Little Boy’ on Hiroshima, Japan. It is estimated that between 70,000 to 140,000 people died within the four months of the bombing, with half that number dying on the day of the bombing.

6 August 1965 – President Lydon B. Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act which removed discriminatory voting practices against African Americans. Essentially it meant African Americans could vote freely, without having to meet qualifications that white Americans didn’t need to meet, such as literacy tests.