Given the spelling and definition of wiseacre, you might guess that the word derives from the sense of wise meaning 'insolent' or 'fresh'—the sense that also gives us wise guy, wisecrack, and
Given the spelling and definition of wiseacre, you might guess that the word derives from the sense of wise meaning 'insolent' or 'fresh'—the sense that also gives us wise guy, wisecrack, and