Meanings
plural wiseheads
- obsoletesarcasticA person who is wise or who considers himself or herself to be wise.
Why! Do you think I want that picture taken down: and another Mrs. Milliken? Wisehead!
c. 1850, William Makepeace Thackeray, The Wolves and the Lamb, act 21 more example
The wiseheads of the servants' hall decided that Sir Michael had received sudden intelligence through Mr. Robert […] either of the death of some near and dear relation […] or of some alarming fall in the funds, or of the failure of some speculation or bank in which the greater part of the baronet's money was invested.
1862, Mary Elizabeth Braddon, Lady Audley's SecretSynonyms: smart aleck, wiseacre
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA person who is wise or who considers himself or herself to be wise.
Origin
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