smart-alecky

English

Etymology

From smart aleck +‎ -y.

Adjective

smart-alecky (comparative more smart-alecky, superlative most smart-alecky)

1. Having the quality of a smart aleck; rude, disrespectful.
   • 1969, Maya Angelou, chapter 11, in I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings‎^[1], New York: Bantam, published 1971, pages 63–64:

     The Katzenjammer Kids were fun because they made the adults look stupid. But they were a little too smart-alecky for my taste.