"know-it-all" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: know-it-alls [plural]
Etymology: know + it + all Etymology templates: {{af|en|know|it|all}} know + it + all Head templates: {{en-noun}} know-it-all (plural know-it-alls)
  1. (chiefly US, derogatory) Someone who claims to be knowledgeable or an expert in something, obnoxiously dismissing the opinions, advice, suggestions, etc. of others. Tags: US, derogatory Categories (topical): People, Personality Hypernyms: intelligent person, jerk Derived forms: know-it-allery Related terms: ultracrepidarian, know-it-allery, malapert Translations (someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject): ամենագետ (amenaget) (Armenian), ամենագիտակ (amenagitak) (Armenian), sasijakintsu (Basque), sasijakitun (Basque), всезнайко (vseznajko) [masculine] (Bulgarian), setciències (Catalan), mestretites (Catalan), 萬事通 (Chinese Mandarin), 万事通 (wànshìtōng) (Chinese Mandarin), vševěd [masculine] (Czech), klogeåge [common-gender] (Danish), besserwisser [common-gender] (Danish), betweter [masculine] (Dutch), wijsneus [masculine] (Dutch), kaikkitietävä (Finnish), besserwisser (Finnish), je-sais-tout [masculine] (French), ti-Jo Connaissant [Quebec, masculine] (French), toutologue [feminine, masculine] (French), sabichón [masculine] (Galician), sabichona [feminine] (Galician), ჭკუის კოლოფი (č̣ḳuis ḳolopi) (Georgian), ყოვლისმცოდნე (q̇ovlismcodne) (Georgian), Besserwisser [masculine] (German), Besserwisserin [feminine] (German), Neunmalkluger [masculine] (German), Neunmalkluge [feminine] (German), Rechthaber [masculine] (German), Rechthaberin [feminine] (German), Schulmeister [masculine] (German), Schulmeisterin [feminine] (German), Klugscheißer [masculine] (German), Klugscheißerin [feminine] (German), Schlaumeier [masculine] (German), Schlaumeierin [feminine] (German), Schlauberger [masculine] (German), Schlaubergerin [feminine] (German), ξερόλας (xerólas) [masculine] (Greek), ξερόλα (xeróla) [feminine] (Greek), sapientone (Italian), sa tutto (Italian), saputello [masculine] (Italian), tuttologo [masculine] (Italian), nientologo [masculine] (Italian), 知ったかぶりをする人 (shittakaburi o suru hito) (note: no exact term exists, the term for the action is idiomatic) (alt: しったかぶりをするひと) (Japanese), се́знајко (séznajko) [masculine] (Macedonian), palatao [slang] (Malay), whakaputa mōhio (Maori), ngutu huia (Maori), bedreviter [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), viktigper [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), forståsegpåer [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), besserwisser [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), علامه دهر ('allâme-ye dahr) (Persian), przemądrzalec [masculine] (Polish), mądraliński [masculine] (Polish), mądrala [feminine, masculine] (Polish), chłopek-roztropek [masculine] (Polish), besserwisser [masculine] (Polish), sabichão [masculine] (Portuguese), sabichona [feminine] (Portuguese), sabe-tudo [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), всезна́йка (vseznájka) [feminine, masculine] (Russian), зна́йка (znájka) (note: also a famous protagonist) [feminine, masculine] (Russian), sveznalica [feminine, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), свезналица [feminine, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), sabelotodo (Spanish), sabiondo [masculine] (Spanish), todólogo (Spanish), cuñado [Spain, masculine] (Spanish), viktigpetter (Swedish), besserwisser [common-gender] (Swedish), çok bilmiş (Turkish), hollwybodusyn [masculine] (Welsh), wiisprater (West Frisian), wiisnoas (West Frisian)

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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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          "sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
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          "sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
          "tags": [
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          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
          "tags": [
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          "sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
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          "sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
          "word": "kaikkitietävä"
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        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
          "word": "besserwisser"
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        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "je-sais-tout"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
          "tags": [
            "Quebec",
            "masculine"
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          "word": "ti-Jo Connaissant"
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        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "toutologue"
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        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "sabichón"
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        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "sabichona"
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        {
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "č̣ḳuis ḳolopi",
          "sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
          "word": "ჭკუის კოლოფი"
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        {
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "q̇ovlismcodne",
          "sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
          "word": "ყოვლისმცოდნე"
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        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "Besserwisser"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "Besserwisserin"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "Neunmalkluger"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Neunmalkluge"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "Rechthaber"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "Rechthaberin"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "Schulmeister"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "Schulmeisterin"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "Klugscheißer"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "Klugscheißerin"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "Schlaumeier"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
          "tags": [
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        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
          "tags": [
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        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "Schlaubergerin"
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          "code": "el",
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          "roman": "xerólas",
          "sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
          "tags": [
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          "sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "it",
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          "sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
          "word": "sapientone"
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
          "word": "sa tutto"
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          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
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          "word": "saputello"
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          "sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
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          "code": "it",
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          "sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
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          "sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
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          "word": "palatao"
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          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
          "word": "whakaputa mōhio"
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          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
          "word": "ngutu huia"
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          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
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          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
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          "word": "viktigper"
        },
        {
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "forståsegpåer"
        },
        {
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
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          "word": "besserwisser"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "'allâme-ye dahr",
          "sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
          "word": "علامه دهر"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "przemądrzalec"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "mądraliński"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "mądrala"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "chłopek-roztropek"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "besserwisser"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "sabichão"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "sabichona"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "sabe-tudo"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "vseznájka",
          "sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "всезна́йка"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "note": "also a famous protagonist",
          "roman": "znájka",
          "sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "зна́йка"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "sveznalica"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "свезналица"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
          "word": "sabelotodo"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "sabiondo"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
          "word": "todólogo"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
          "tags": [
            "Spain",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "cuñado"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
          "word": "viktigpetter"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "besserwisser"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
          "word": "çok bilmiş"
        },
        {
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "hollwybodusyn"
        },
        {
          "code": "fy",
          "lang": "West Frisian",
          "sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
          "word": "wiisprater"
        },
        {
          "code": "fy",
          "lang": "West Frisian",
          "sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
          "word": "wiisnoas"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "know-it-all"
}
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  "antonyms": [
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:know-it-all",
      "word": "wise person"
    }
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "know-it-allery"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "know",
        "3": "it",
        "4": "all"
      },
      "expansion": "know + it + all",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "know + it + all",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "know-it-alls",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "know-it-all (plural know-it-alls)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hypernyms": [
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:know-it-all",
      "word": "intelligent person"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:know-it-all",
      "word": "jerk"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "ultracrepidarian"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:know-it-all",
      "word": "know-it-allery"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:know-it-all",
      "word": "malapert"
    }
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        "English compound terms",
        "English countable nouns",
        "English derogatory terms",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
        "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
        "English exocentric compounds",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "Japanese terms with redundant script codes",
        "Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations",
        "Serbo-Croatian terms with redundant script codes",
        "en:People",
        "en:Personality"
      ],
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        {
          "text": "We had it all figured out, but this know-it-all marched in with \"the correct way of solving it\", leaving our experiment in shambles.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2004, Princeton Review, Know It All! Grades 9-12 Reading, The Princeton Review, page 22",
          "text": "The same holds true for supporting details—they help you to learn more about a topic. Be a know it all by sharing these details and supporting details with friends.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2005, Pansie Hart Flood, Tiger Turcotte Takes on the Know-it-all, Carolrhoda Books",
          "text": "She's a mean, bossy know-it-all.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2012, Joe Ike, How do I relate with a “know-it-all”?, xBusinessServices Corp., page 60",
          "text": "Have you ever gone shopping with a Know-It-All girlfriend and she insists, without your consent or consulting you first, to choose your outfits for you?"
        }
      ],
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        "Someone who claims to be knowledgeable or an expert in something, obnoxiously dismissing the opinions, advice, suggestions, etc. of others."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "derogatory",
          "derogatory"
        ]
      ],
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        "(chiefly US, derogatory) Someone who claims to be knowledgeable or an expert in something, obnoxiously dismissing the opinions, advice, suggestions, etc. of others."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "know-it-all"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "derogatory"
      ]
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Ireland",
        "UK"
      ],
      "word": "know-all"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:know-it-all",
      "tags": [
        "ironic"
      ],
      "word": "Buddha"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:know-it-all",
      "word": "clever clogs"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:know-it-all",
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "pejorative"
      ],
      "word": "clever dick"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:know-it-all",
      "tags": [
        "pejorative"
      ],
      "word": "know-it-all"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:know-it-all",
      "tags": [
        "pejorative"
      ],
      "word": "smart aleck"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:know-it-all",
      "tags": [
        "pejorative"
      ],
      "word": "smart ass"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:know-it-all",
      "tags": [
        "pejorative"
      ],
      "word": "smarty"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:know-it-all",
      "tags": [
        "pejorative"
      ],
      "word": "smarty pants"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:know-it-all",
      "tags": [
        "pejorative"
      ],
      "word": "wiseacre"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:know-it-all",
      "tags": [
        "pejorative"
      ],
      "word": "wiseass"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:know-it-all",
      "tags": [
        "pejorative"
      ],
      "word": "wise-ass"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:know-it-all",
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "pejorative"
      ],
      "word": "wisenheimer"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "amenaget",
      "sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
      "word": "ամենագետ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "amenagitak",
      "sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
      "word": "ամենագիտակ"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
      "word": "sasijakintsu"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
      "word": "sasijakitun"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "vseznajko",
      "sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "всезнайко"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
      "word": "setciències"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
      "word": "mestretites"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
      "word": "萬事通"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "wànshìtōng",
      "sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
      "word": "万事通"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vševěd"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "klogeåge"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "besserwisser"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "betweter"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "wijsneus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
      "word": "kaikkitietävä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
      "word": "besserwisser"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "je-sais-tout"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
      "tags": [
        "Quebec",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ti-Jo Connaissant"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "toutologue"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sabichón"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sabichona"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "č̣ḳuis ḳolopi",
      "sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
      "word": "ჭკუის კოლოფი"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "q̇ovlismcodne",
      "sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
      "word": "ყოვლისმცოდნე"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Besserwisser"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Besserwisserin"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Neunmalkluger"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Neunmalkluge"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Rechthaber"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Rechthaberin"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Schulmeister"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Schulmeisterin"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Klugscheißer"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Klugscheißerin"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Schlaumeier"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Schlaumeierin"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Schlauberger"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Schlaubergerin"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "xerólas",
      "sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ξερόλας"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "xeróla",
      "sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ξερόλα"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
      "word": "sapientone"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
      "word": "sa tutto"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "saputello"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tuttologo"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "nientologo"
    },
    {
      "alt": "しったかぶりをするひと",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "note": "no exact term exists, the term for the action is idiomatic",
      "roman": "shittakaburi o suru hito",
      "sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
      "word": "知ったかぶりをする人"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "séznajko",
      "sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "се́знајко"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ],
      "word": "palatao"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
      "word": "whakaputa mōhio"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
      "word": "ngutu huia"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bedreviter"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "viktigper"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "forståsegpåer"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "besserwisser"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "'allâme-ye dahr",
      "sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
      "word": "علامه دهر"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "przemądrzalec"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mądraliński"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mądrala"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "chłopek-roztropek"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "besserwisser"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sabichão"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sabichona"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sabe-tudo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vseznájka",
      "sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "всезна́йка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "note": "also a famous protagonist",
      "roman": "znájka",
      "sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "зна́йка"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sveznalica"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "свезналица"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
      "word": "sabelotodo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sabiondo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
      "word": "todólogo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
      "tags": [
        "Spain",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cuñado"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
      "word": "viktigpetter"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "besserwisser"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
      "word": "çok bilmiş"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "hollwybodusyn"
    },
    {
      "code": "fy",
      "lang": "West Frisian",
      "sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
      "word": "wiisprater"
    },
    {
      "code": "fy",
      "lang": "West Frisian",
      "sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
      "word": "wiisnoas"
    }
  ],
  "word": "know-it-all"
}
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  "called_from": "page/2386",
  "msg": "inconsistent language codes no vs nb in translation item: 't+' {1: 'nb', 2: 'forståsegpåer', 3: 'm'}",
  "path": [
    "know-it-all",
    "t+"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "know-it-all",
  "trace": ""
}

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