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wiseheimer

wiseheimer is the alternative form 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 wiseheimer

pluralwiseheimers

Questions about wiseheimer

What is wiseheimer the alternative form of?
Wiseheimer is the alternative form of wisenheimer.

Words near wiseheimer in the dictionary

  1. Wisehart
  2. Wiseharts
  3. wisehead
  4. wiseheads
  5. wisehearted
  6. wiseheimer
  7. wiseheimers
  8. wisehood
  9. Wiseleigh
  10. Wiseley
  11. Wiseleys

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