| 单词 | wisenheimer |
| 释义 | wisenheimer (once / 492472 pages) n Feel free to call your annoying younger cousin a wisenheimer, especially if he is an irritatingly smug show-off. The word wisenheimer, more or less a synonym of "smart aleck," is taking on a rather old-fashioned feel these days which it's fully entitled to, being more than 100 years old. It's an American coinage, slotted into a familiar sound pattern of surnames ending in -heimer, which is probably the legacy of nineteenth and twentieth century German immigration. WORD FAMILYwisenheimer: wisenheimers USAGE EXAMPLESBut it is also possible that this column will serve as a clarion call to every smart aleck and wisenheimer and cyber-vandal out there. Washington Post(Sep 28, 2016) This led me to write that Koch’s problem wasn’t the stroke, but his perpetual malady: Wisenheimer’s Syndrome. Time(Feb 01, 2013) Mark Oppenheimer, who writes the Beliefs column for The New York Times, is the author of the memoir “Wisenheimer: A Childhood Subject to Debate.” New York Times(Jan 06, 2013) n an upstart who makes conceited, sardonic, insolent comments Syn|Hyper smart aleck, weisenheimer, wise guy, wiseacre upstart an arrogant or presumptuous person |
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