Transcription
-
- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
-
- [wahy-zuh n-hahy-mer]
- /ˈwaɪ zənˌhaɪ mər/
-
- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
-
- [wahy-zuh n-hahy-mer]
- /ˈwaɪ zənˌhaɪ mər/
Definitions of weisenheimer word
- noun weisenheimer a wiseacre or smart aleck. 1
- noun weisenheimer Alternative spelling of wisenheimer. 1
- noun weisenheimer a know-it-all kind of person 0
Information block about the term
Origin of weisenheimer
First appearance:
before 1915 One of the 14% newest English words
1915-20, Americanism; earlier also wiseheimer, equivalent to wise1 + -(en)heimer, extracted from surnames with this ending
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Weisenheimer
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
weisenheimer popularity
This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 29% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.
weisenheimer usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSee also
Matching words
- Words starting with w
- Words starting with we
- Words starting with wei
- Words starting with weis
- Words starting with weise
- Words starting with weisen
- Words starting with weisenh
- Words starting with weisenhe
- Words starting with weisenhei
- Words starting with weisenheim
- Words starting with weisenheime
- Words starting with weisenheimer