Definitions
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- noun obsolete, sarcastic A person who is
wise or whoconsiders himself or herself to be wise.
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Examples
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"Bless you for a wee wisehead!" gasped Bambo, in his hoarse, quavering voice, at the same time drawing the child still closer to his side.
Two Little Travellers A Story for Girls Frances Browne Arthur
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His father pockets the rent of three fat villages, so the son believes himself a wisehead.
Hira Singh : when India came to fight in Flanders Talbot Mundy 1909
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Cardinal Wolsey, or some other wisehead, once remarked that a king is known by the splendour of his servants.
Jimgrim and Allah's Peace Talbot Mundy 1909
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