[f. WISE a. + HEAD sb.] One who has a wise head; always in ironical sense, One who fancies himself wise, a wiseacre.
[1378. Poll Tax Yorks, 158, in Bardsley, Surnames, Johannes Wysehede.]
1756. Monitor, No. 64. II. 123. The wise-heads … have been a good deal troubled to invent proper subjects for this purpose.
1862. Miss Braddon, Lady Audley, xxxvi. The wiseheads of the servants’ hall.
1875. H. James, Rod. Hudson, iii. 94. There were naturally a great many wiseheads who smiled at his precipitancy.
