Meaning

1 senses
  1. An ignorant person; one who lacks knowledge.

Origin

Essentially deverbal in nature, albeit not from a unitary phrasal verb. Compare do-nothing

Essentially deverbal in nature, albeit not from a unitary phrasal verb. Compare do-nothing § Etymology.

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Forms

plural: know-nothings
Singularknow-nothing
Pluralknow-nothings

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms

Word family

1 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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