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Know-it-all   /noʊ-ɪt-ɔl/   Listen
noun
Know-it-all  n.  One who knows everything; hence, A person who makes pretension to great knowledge, especially one whose didactic conversational habit conspicuously reveals his belief that he has superior knowledge on many subjects; a wiseacre; a know-all; usually ironical. (Colloq. & pejorative) Note: the use of this term implies that the speaker disapproves of this behavior, and may think that it is unjustified





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"Know-it-all" Quotes from Famous Books



... Well, I can think that myself, and I don't set up to be no inspired know-it-all, like Joe Dimick. He ain't heard from Heman ...
— Cy Whittaker's Place • Joseph C. Lincoln
... glad when Morgan, the production operator, hailed Grimswitch away. But as he entered his own office, Grimswitch's words still troubled him. Grimswitch, he thought. That fat piece of garbage. That big blow-hard. That know-it-all. ...
— The Success Machine • Henry Slesar


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