Complete Definition of "know-it-all"

English

Etymology
From know + it + all

Noun
know-it-all (plural know-it-alls)

  1. Someone who acts as if he/she knows everything and believes him/herself above others as a result, normally intended as a pejorative.

#: I had it figured out, but this know-it-all marched in with a better idea.

Related terms
compare polymath

Translations

Czech: všev�d m
Dutch: betweter m, wijsneus m
Finnish: t|fi|kaikkitietävä
French: pédant m, pédante f
Frisian: wiisprater, wiisnoas
mid
Macedonian: �езна�ко n
Russian: t|ru|в�езнайка|m|f|tr=vs'eznájka
Spanish: sabelotodo

ja:know-it-all
vi:know-it-all
zh:know-it-all

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