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A learned or wise man.

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  1. v. A learned or wise man.
  2. v. One who makes undue pretensions to wisdom; a would-be-wise person; hence, in contempt, a simpleton; a dunce.
  3. n. an upstart who makes conceited, sardonic, insolent comments
  4. n:100 n an upstart who makes conceited, sardonic, insolent comments