wise|a|cre

wise|a|cre
wise|a|cre «WYZ AY kuhr», noun.
1. a person who thinks that he knows everything.
2. a learned person; sage (usually contemptuous or ironical, with implication of pedantry or impracticality).
[half translation of Middle Dutch wijssegger soothsayer. Compare Middle High German wīssager.]

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