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wisenheimer

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wis⋅en⋅heim⋅er

  [wahy-zuhn-hahy-mer]
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–noun Informal.
a wiseacre or smart aleck.
Also, weisenheimer.

Origin:
1915–20, Americanism; earlier also wiseheimer, equiv. to wise 1 + -(en)heimer, extracted from surnames with this ending
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wis·en·heim·er also weis·en·heim·er   (wī'zən-hī'mər)   
n.   Informal
A smart aleck.

[wise1 + German -enheimer (in such surnames as Oppenheimer).]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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