Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A smart aleck.
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- noun informal A
self -assertive andarrogant person; aknow-it-all orsmart aleck .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an upstart who makes conceited, sardonic, insolent comments
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Among the other numerous (at least one per page) lovable wisenheimer remarks is this definition: A nebbish doesn't know he's a nebbish ...
David Finkle: Easy Reader: Howard Jacobson's Novel Takes the Prize David Finkle 2010
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Among the other numerous (at least one per page) lovable wisenheimer remarks is this definition: A nebbish doesn't know he's a nebbish ...
David Finkle: Easy Reader: Howard Jacobson's Novel Takes the Prize David Finkle 2010
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Among the other numerous (at least one per page) lovable wisenheimer remarks is this definition: A nebbish doesn't know he's a nebbish ...
David Finkle: Easy Reader: Howard Jacobson's Novel Takes the Prize David Finkle 2010
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Among the other numerous (at least one per page) lovable wisenheimer remarks is this definition: A nebbish doesn't know he's a nebbish ...
David Finkle: Easy Reader: Howard Jacobson's Novel Takes the Prize David Finkle 2010
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Among the other numerous (at least one per page) lovable wisenheimer remarks is this definition: A nebbish doesn't know he's a nebbish ...
David Finkle: Easy Reader: Howard Jacobson's Novel Takes the Prize David Finkle 2010
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Among the other numerous (at least one per page) lovable wisenheimer remarks is this definition: A nebbish doesn't know he's a nebbish ...
David Finkle: Easy Reader: Howard Jacobson's Novel Takes the Prize David Finkle 2010
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Nowadays a journalist and a teacher at Yale University and still somewhat of a wisenheimer
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While spending those lonely hours in jail I slowly realized that Gandhi had the right idea, which was to make a point quietly but forcefully, without the wisenheimer commentary.
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McKay is a feminist who isn't shy about using that F-word, a wisenheimer who's done stand-up, a prima donna who fought her label to squeeze 23 new songs onto a CD instead of just 16.
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We got a wisenheimer here, let's just keep rolling here.
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