"know-nothing" meaning in All languages combined

See know-nothing on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

Etymology: Essentially deverbal in nature, albeit not from a unitary phrasal verb. Compare do-nothing § Etymology. Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} know-nothing (not comparable)
  1. Ignorant; characterized by foolish denial of facts or beliefs in that which is not true. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-know-nothing-en-adj-1kT4i0vW Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English exocentric verb-noun compounds, English links with manual fragments, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 84 16 Disambiguation of English exocentric verb-noun compounds: 48 52 Disambiguation of English links with manual fragments: 74 26 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 85 15 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 90 10

Noun [English]

Forms: know-nothings [plural]
Etymology: Essentially deverbal in nature, albeit not from a unitary phrasal verb. Compare do-nothing § Etymology. Head templates: {{en-noun}} know-nothing (plural know-nothings)
  1. An ignorant person; one who lacks knowledge. Categories (topical): People Synonyms: ignoramus Derived forms: know-nothingness
    Sense id: en-know-nothing-en-noun-7LO0NPmZ Disambiguation of People: 43 57 Categories (other): English exocentric verb-noun compounds Disambiguation of English exocentric verb-noun compounds: 48 52

Inflected forms

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