wiseacre

1. (obsolete) A learned or wise man.Examples: "A fool's paradise is better than a wiseacre's purgatory."; "Peter Gower, a Grecian, journied for cunning in Egypt, and in Syria, and in every land where the Venetians had planted Masonry; and winning entrance into all lodges of Masons, he learned much, and returned and dwelt in Grecia Magna; watching and becoming a mighty wiseacre, and greatly renowned, and here he framed a grat lodge at Groton, (Crotona. Mr. Locke,) and maked many Masons; wherefrom, in process of time, the art passed into England."; "At their village the woman consulted the local wiseacre, explaining the difficulties her son-in-law was creating."obsolete