8 letters · 13 points in Scrabble
noun an upstart who makes conceited, sardonic, insolent comments
originFrom Middle Dutch wijssegger (“soothsayer”), from Old High German wīzzago, wīzago (“wise man, prophet, soothsayer”), from Proto-West Germanic *wītagō (“wise one; prophet”). Cognate with Old English wītga (“wise man, prophet”). See also German Weissager (“soothsayer, seer”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0