Download JSON data for know-it-all meaning in English (16.2kB)
{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "know",
"3": "it-all"
},
"expansion": "know + -it-all",
"name": "suffix"
}
],
"etymology_text": "know + -it-all",
"forms": [
{
"form": "know-it-alls",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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},
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}
],
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"pos": "noun",
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{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "American English",
"parents": [],
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},
{
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"parents": [
"Exocentric compounds",
"Compound words",
"Terms by etymology"
],
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},
{
"kind": "topical",
"name": "People",
"parents": [
"Human",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "topical",
"name": "Personality",
"parents": [
"Mind",
"Body",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
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}
],
"examples": [
{
"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."
},
{
"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."
},
{
"ref": "2005, Pansie Hart Flood, Tiger Turcotte Takes on the Know-it-all, Carolrhoda Books",
"text": "She's a mean, bossy know-it-all."
},
{
"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."
],
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{
"sense": "an obnoxiously and/or pretentiously clever person",
"source": "Thesaurus:know-it-all",
"word": "intelligent person"
},
{
"sense": "an obnoxiously and/or pretentiously clever person",
"source": "Thesaurus:know-it-all",
"word": "jerk"
}
],
"id": "know-it-all-noun",
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{
"sense": "an obnoxiously and/or pretentiously clever person",
"source": "Thesaurus:know-it-all",
"word": "know-it-allery"
},
{
"sense": "an obnoxiously and/or pretentiously clever person",
"source": "Thesaurus:know-it-all",
"word": "malapert"
}
],
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{
"word": "know-it-all"
},
{
"sense": "an obnoxiously and/or pretentiously clever person",
"source": "Thesaurus:know-it-all",
"word": "clever clogs"
},
{
"sense": "an obnoxiously and/or pretentiously clever person",
"source": "Thesaurus:know-it-all",
"tags": [
"UK",
"pejorative"
],
"word": "clever dick"
},
{
"sense": "an obnoxiously and/or pretentiously clever person",
"source": "Thesaurus:know-it-all",
"tags": [
"pejorative"
],
"word": "know-all"
},
{
"sense": "an obnoxiously and/or pretentiously clever person",
"source": "Thesaurus:know-it-all",
"tags": [
"pejorative"
],
"word": "smart aleck"
},
{
"sense": "an obnoxiously and/or pretentiously clever person",
"source": "Thesaurus:know-it-all",
"tags": [
"pejorative"
],
"word": "smart ass"
},
{
"sense": "an obnoxiously and/or pretentiously clever person",
"source": "Thesaurus:know-it-all",
"tags": [
"pejorative"
],
"word": "smarty"
},
{
"sense": "an obnoxiously and/or pretentiously clever person",
"source": "Thesaurus:know-it-all",
"tags": [
"pejorative"
],
"word": "smarty pants"
},
{
"sense": "an obnoxiously and/or pretentiously clever person",
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"tags": [
"pejorative"
],
"word": "wiseacre"
},
{
"sense": "an obnoxiously and/or pretentiously clever person",
"source": "Thesaurus:know-it-all",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "wiseass"
},
{
"sense": "an obnoxiously and/or pretentiously clever person",
"source": "Thesaurus:know-it-all",
"tags": [
"pejorative"
],
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},
{
"sense": "an obnoxiously and/or pretentiously clever person",
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"tags": [
"US",
"chiefly",
"pejorative"
],
"word": "wisenheimer"
}
],
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"chiefly",
"derogatory"
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"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",
"sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
"tags": [
"Mandarin"
],
"word": "萬事通"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese",
"roman": "wànshìtōng",
"sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
"tags": [
"Mandarin"
],
"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"
],
"word": "klogeåge"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
"tags": [
"common"
],
"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": "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": "seznajko",
"sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "сезнајко"
},
{
"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",
"sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
"tags": [
"Bokmål",
"masculine"
],
"word": "bedreviter"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
"tags": [
"Bokmål",
"masculine"
],
"word": "viktigper"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
"tags": [
"Bokmål",
"masculine"
],
"word": "forståsegpåer"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
"tags": [
"Bokmål",
"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"
],
"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"
}
{
"derived": [
{
"word": "know-it-allery"
}
],
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"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "know",
"3": "it-all"
},
"expansion": "know + -it-all",
"name": "suffix"
}
],
"etymology_text": "know + -it-all",
"forms": [
{
"form": "know-it-alls",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"head": "know-it-all"
},
"expansion": "know-it-all (plural know-it-alls)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"hypernyms": [
{
"sense": "an obnoxiously and/or pretentiously clever person",
"source": "Thesaurus:know-it-all",
"word": "intelligent person"
},
{
"sense": "an obnoxiously and/or pretentiously clever person",
"source": "Thesaurus:know-it-all",
"word": "jerk"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
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{
"sense": "an obnoxiously and/or pretentiously clever person",
"source": "Thesaurus:know-it-all",
"word": "know-it-allery"
},
{
"sense": "an obnoxiously and/or pretentiously clever person",
"source": "Thesaurus:know-it-all",
"word": "malapert"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"American English",
"Danish redlinks",
"Danish redlinks/t",
"English countable nouns",
"English derogatory terms",
"English exocentric compounds",
"English lemmas",
"English multiword terms",
"English nouns",
"English terms with usage examples",
"English words suffixed with -it-all",
"en:People",
"en:Personality"
],
"examples": [
{
"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."
},
{
"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."
},
{
"ref": "2005, Pansie Hart Flood, Tiger Turcotte Takes on the Know-it-all, Carolrhoda Books",
"text": "She's a mean, bossy know-it-all."
},
{
"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?"
}
],
"glosses": [
"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",
"chiefly",
"derogatory"
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"tags": [
"British",
"Ireland"
],
"word": "know-all"
},
{
"sense": "an obnoxiously and/or pretentiously clever person",
"source": "Thesaurus:know-it-all",
"word": "clever clogs"
},
{
"sense": "an obnoxiously and/or pretentiously clever person",
"source": "Thesaurus:know-it-all",
"tags": [
"UK",
"pejorative"
],
"word": "clever dick"
},
{
"sense": "an obnoxiously and/or pretentiously clever person",
"source": "Thesaurus:know-it-all",
"tags": [
"pejorative"
],
"word": "know-all"
},
{
"sense": "an obnoxiously and/or pretentiously clever person",
"source": "Thesaurus:know-it-all",
"tags": [
"pejorative"
],
"word": "smart aleck"
},
{
"sense": "an obnoxiously and/or pretentiously clever person",
"source": "Thesaurus:know-it-all",
"tags": [
"pejorative"
],
"word": "smart ass"
},
{
"sense": "an obnoxiously and/or pretentiously clever person",
"source": "Thesaurus:know-it-all",
"tags": [
"pejorative"
],
"word": "smarty"
},
{
"sense": "an obnoxiously and/or pretentiously clever person",
"source": "Thesaurus:know-it-all",
"tags": [
"pejorative"
],
"word": "smarty pants"
},
{
"sense": "an obnoxiously and/or pretentiously clever person",
"source": "Thesaurus:know-it-all",
"tags": [
"pejorative"
],
"word": "wiseacre"
},
{
"sense": "an obnoxiously and/or pretentiously clever person",
"source": "Thesaurus:know-it-all",
"tags": [
"pejorative"
],
"word": "wiseass"
},
{
"sense": "an obnoxiously and/or pretentiously clever person",
"source": "Thesaurus:know-it-all",
"tags": [
"pejorative"
],
"word": "wise-ass"
},
{
"sense": "an obnoxiously and/or pretentiously clever person",
"source": "Thesaurus:know-it-all",
"tags": [
"US",
"chiefly",
"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",
"sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
"tags": [
"Mandarin"
],
"word": "萬事通"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese",
"roman": "wànshìtōng",
"sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
"tags": [
"Mandarin"
],
"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"
],
"word": "klogeåge"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
"tags": [
"common"
],
"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": "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": "seznajko",
"sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "сезнајко"
},
{
"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",
"sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
"tags": [
"Bokmål",
"masculine"
],
"word": "bedreviter"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
"tags": [
"Bokmål",
"masculine"
],
"word": "viktigper"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
"tags": [
"Bokmål",
"masculine"
],
"word": "forståsegpåer"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
"tags": [
"Bokmål",
"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"
],
"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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