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weisenheimer

weisenheimer is the alternative spelling of wisenheimer.

Meaning of wisenheimer

Noun

wisenheimer (plural wisenheimers)

  1. (US, informal) A self-assertive and arrogant person; a wiseacre or smart aleck.
    • There was an auto salesman in here yesterday that claimed you could always tell a fellow's class by the car he drove, but I says to him, 'Don't be silly,' I says; 'the wisenheimers grab a look at a fellow's nails when they want to tell if he's a tin-horn or a real gent!"'1922, Sinclair Lewis, “24”, in Babbitt

Forms of weisenheimer

pluralweisenheimers

Questions about weisenheimer

What is weisenheimer the alternative spelling of?
Weisenheimer is the alternative spelling of wisenheimer.

Words near weisenheimer in the dictionary

  1. Weiseger
  2. weiselbergite
  3. weiselbergites
  4. Weisenberger
  5. Weisenbergers
  6. weisenheimer
  7. weisenheimers
  8. Weisenthal
  9. Weiser
  10. Weisers
  11. Weisgerber

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