know-it-all
English
noun
Definitions
- (chiefly) Someone who claims to be knowledgeable or an expert in something, obnoxiously dismissing the opinions, advice, suggestions, etc. of others.
Etymology
Suffix from English know.
Origin
English
know
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- acknow English
- beknow English
- foreknow English
- interknow English
- know English
- know-it-allery English
- knowability English
- knowable English
- knowbie English
- knowbot English
- knower English
- knowest English
- knoweth English
- knowsome English
- unknow English
- unknowable English
- whaddayaknow English
- you-know-what English
- you-know-who English
- knowen Middle English