Weisenheimer

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative spelling of wisenheimer. alt-of, alternative

    "We knew there's no keeping a born scholar ignorant, and at heart, I think, we didn't really want to, but we were nervous, even frightened, at the statistics on child pedants and academic weisenheimers who grow up into faculty-recreation-room savants."

  2. 2
    an upstart who makes conceited, sardonic, insolent comments wordnet

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smart aleckwise guywiseacrewisenheimer

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"We knew there's no keeping a born scholar ignorant, and at heart, I think, we didn't really want to, but we were nervous, even frightened, at the statistics on child pedants and academic weisenheimers who grow up into faculty-recreation-room savants."

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