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noun or smart alec
- one who is pretentious to cleverness or knowledge; a know-it-all
- one who is obnoxiously self assured; a show off
- (rare) a well dressed person
adjective smart-aleck, smart-alecky
- pretentious; obnoxiously self assured
- Your smart-alecky comments are unneeded.
Etymology: aleck is a nickname for Alexander. The phrase is possibly derived from the name Aleck Hoag, a 19th century con man and thief.
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