Wisacres Hall, n. — Green’s Dictionary of Slang

Wisacres Hall n.

[SE wiseacre, one who thinks himself, or wishes to be thought, wise; thus a sneer at the Society’s intellectual membership]

Gresham College, London, esp. as home of the Royal Society.

1788, 1796		Grose Classical Dict. of the Vulgar Tongue (2nd, 3rd edn).
1811		Lex. Balatronicum.
1823		Egan Grose’s Classical Dict. of the Vulgar Tongue.