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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 wise·acre /ˈwaɪˌzekɚ/
 自以為聰明者,自以為懂事的人

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Wise·a·cre n.
 1. A learned or wise man.  [Obs.]
    Pythagoras learned much . . . becoming a mighty wiseacre.   --Leland.
 2. One who makes undue pretensions to wisdom; a would-be-wise person; hence, in contempt, a simpleton; a dunce.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 wiseacre
      n : an upstart who makes conceited, sardonic, insolent comments
          [syn: wise guy, smart aleck, wisenheimer, weisenheimer]