Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who pretends to be wise; a wiseacre.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who pretends to be wise; a wiseacre; a witling.
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- noun obsolete One who
pretends to bewise ; awiseacre .
Etymologies
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From wise + -ling.
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