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Know-all   /noʊ-ɔl/   Listen
Know-all

noun
1.
Someone who thinks he knows everything and refuses to accept advice or information from others.  Synonym: know-it-all.






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"Know-all" Quotes from Famous Books



... aint got han's?" Uncle Remus inquired, with a frown. "Is you been sleepin' longer ole man Know-All? Little mo' en you'll up'n stan' me down dat snakes aint got no foots, and yit you take en lay a snake down yer 'fo' de fier, en his foots 'll come out right ...
— Nights With Uncle Remus - Myths and Legends of the Old Plantation • Joel Chandler Harris

... Spanish. In Caballero's story of "Lucifer's Ear" we find these names: Carguin ("carrier"), Oidin ("hearer"), Soplin ("sigher or blower"). All three occur in "Juan and his Six Friends." In the three Filipino tales the total number of different strong men is only seven,—Know-All, Blower, Farsight, Runner, Hunter, Carrier, Sharp-Ear. This close conformity, when we consider the wide variety to be found in the European stories (see Bolte-Polivka, 2 : 87-94; Panzer, Beowulf, 66-74), suggests an ultimate common source ...
— Filipino Popular Tales • Dean S. Fansler



Words linked to "Know-all" :   egoist, colloquialism, know-it-all, egotist, swellhead



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