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Definition: KNOW-NOTHING |
KNOW-NOTHINGNoun1. A member of a secret political organization in the United States, the chief objects of which were the proscription of foreigners by the repeal of the naturalization laws, and the exclusive choice of native Americans for office. |
Date "KNOW-NOTHING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1840. (references) |
Crosswords: KNOW-NOTHING |
| English words defined with "KNOW-NOTHING": Know-Nothing Party. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | You stupid know-nothing know-it-all! (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "KNOW-NOTHING" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 66.67% of the time. "KNOW-NOTHING" is used about 3 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 66.67% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Noun (singular) | 33.33% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 3 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Containing "KNOW-NOTHING": pretty-little-feather-brained-only-good-for-one-thing-bimbo-know-nothing-woman's-head. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "KNOW-NOTHING"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | njeri i paedukuar (cur, ill-mannered person), agnostik (agnostic, nescient). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | невежа (heathen, ignoramus), агностик (agnostic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 知" 事. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | tudatlan (dunce, ignoramus, ignorant, nescient, not to know beans, opaque, uninformed, unknowing, untutored). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | ignorantone. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 알 아무것. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ow-nothingknay pessoa ignorante, pateta (Batty, booby, calf, chuckle-head, chump, clod-poll, coot, cracky, crazy, cuddy, daft, domain, doodle, drivelling, dumb, dupe, Fanny, father, fool, gander, gawk, goof, goofy, goose, idiot, jackass, jay, jolty, josser, juggins, loggerhead, look, lubberliness, lummox, moon-eyed, mutt, muttony, natural, nine, ninny, ninny-hammer, niveous, noddy, noodle, nun, oaf, poop, prodigy, pudding-head, rattle-brained, rattle-headed, Sawney, silly, simp, simpleton, slob, softhead, softy, spoony, stupid, sucker, tomfool, tom-noddy, zany), conhecido (acquaintance, acquainted, conversant, friend, met, notorious, pinup, proverbial, well known), agnóstico (agnostic, negative, nescient, nothingness). (various references) neştiutor (nescient, untutored, unwitting), ignorant (benighted, cipher, dark, dunce, ignoramus, ignorant, illiterate, inexpert, innocent, nescient, rude, unknowing, unlearned), agnostic (agnostic). (various references) невежда (ignoramus), агностик (agnostic, nescient). (various references) neznalica (ignoramus, letterless, nescient). (various references) nosenada, ignorante (abecedarian, benighted, brainless, dark, ignoramus, ignorant, incognizant, nescient, uninformed). (various references) okunnig person (ignoramus), agnostiker (agnostic, infidel, nescient). (various references) дhlepus (dunce). (various references) неук (barbarian, ignoramus, illiterate, nitwit), агностик (agnostic, nescient). (various references) người ngu dốt (blockhead, ignoramus, light-brain, pudding-head). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "g-h-i-k-n-n-n-o-o-t-w" | |
-3 letters: kotowing. | |
-4 letters: honking, hooking, hooting, howking, knowing, nooning, nothing, wonning, wonting. | |
-5 letters: gonion, hoking, honing, intown, knight, noting, notion, oohing, owning, toking, toning, towing, wonton, wooing. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4B 4E 4F 57 2D 4E 4F 54 48 49 4E 47 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001011 01001110 01001111 01010111 00101101 01001110 01001111 01010100 01001000 01001001 01001110 01000111 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)K N O W - N O T H I N G |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004B 004E 004F 0057 002D 004E 004F 0054 0048 0049 004E 0047 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)454849571548495442434841 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Albanian | fjalor, qartësi, përcaktim, saktësi, transmetim, transferim | shqip, албанец, албански език, албански, 阿"巴尼亚语, 阿爾巴尼亞人 , albán, albanese, 알"니아, albanês, arnãut, albanez, arnãuţesc, албанский, albanski, albanac, albanés, alban, албанський, албанка, албанець |
Bulgarian | речник, яснота, сила, очертания, дефиниция, транслация, превеждане, предаване, поддаване, тълкуване, огъване, превод | bulgr, български, български език, българин, 保 利亚, bolgár, bulgaro, 불가리아, болгарский, болгарин, bugarski jezik, bugarski, bugarka, bugarin, búlgaro, bulgar, болгарський, người Bun-ga-ri tiếng Bun-ga-ri |
Chinese | 字典 , 定義 , 定义, 翻译 | kinez, китайски, 汉语, 中 , 漢 , 中國 , kínai, cinese, 중국, chinês, chinezesc, chinezeşte, chinezã, chinez, китайский, китаец, kineski jezik, kineski, chino, kinesisk, китаянка, китайська мова, китайський, кита"ць |
Hungarian | szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordítás | унгарски език, унгарски, унгарец, 匈牙利语, 匈牙利語 , magyar, ungherese, 헝가리, unguresc, limba ungarã, limba maghiarã, ungureşte, ungur, maghiar, венгр, венгерский, mađarski jezik, mađarski, mađar, húngaro, ungrare, угорська мова, угорський, угорка, угорець, người Hung-ga-ri tiếng Hung-ga-ri |
Italian | dizionario, definizione, traduzione | италиански език, италиански, италианец, 意大利 , 意大利語 , 意大利语, olasz, italiano, 이탈리아, italienesc, italieneşte, italian, italianã, итальянский язык, итальянец, итальянский, italijan, italijanski jezik, italijanski, italiensk, italienska, italienare, італі"ць, італійська мова, італійський, італійка |
Korean | 사 , 의, 번역 | korean, корейски език, корейски, 韩国语, "國 , 朝鮮語 , koreai, 한국, coréia, a língua coreana, limba coreeanã, coreean, кореец, корейский, korejski, korejski jezik, koreanac, coreano, koreansk, кореянка, коре"ць, корейська мова, корейський, người Triều tiên tiếng Triều tiên |
Portuguese | dicionário, definição, tradução | portugez, portugalisht, португалски, португалски език, португалец, 葡萄牙語 , 葡萄牙人 , 葡萄牙语, portugál, portoghese, 포르투갈, português, portughez, португальский, portugalski jezik, portugalac, portugalski, portugués, portugis, португальський, португальська мова, португалець, người B"-đ o-nha tiếng B"-đ o-nha |
Romanian | dicţionar, definiţie, determinare, definire, translaţie, traducere, tãlmãcire | rumun, румънски език, румънски, румънец, 罗马尼亚语, román, rumeno, 루마니아, romeno, român, румынский, румын, rumunski jezik, rumunski, rumano, rumänsk, румунський, румунка, румунська мова, румун |
Russian | словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещение | руски език, руски, руснак, 俄語 , 俄文 , 俄语, orosz, russo, 러시아, русский, ruski jezik, ruski, ruso, ryss, росіянка, росіянин, російська мова, російський, người Nga tiếng Nga |
Serbo-Croatian | leksikon, rečnik, definicija, tumačenje | 塞"维亚-克罗地亚语, 塞爾維亞克羅地亞語 , 세르보크로아티아, servo-croata, sârbo-croat, srpsko-hrvatski jezik, srpsko-hrvatski, serbokroatiska, serbokroatisk |
Spanish | diccionario, definición, traducción | spanjoll, испански език, испански, 西班牙語 , 西班牙文 , 西班牙语, spanyol, spagnolo, 스페인, espanhol, spaniol, spaniolesc, spanioleşte, испанский, španski, španski jezik, español, spanska språk, spansk, іспанський, іспанська мова |
Swedish | ordbok, lexikon, definition, översättning | suedez, шведски, шведски език, швед, 瑞典語 , 瑞典语, svéd, svedese, 스웨덴, шведский, švedski jezik, švedski, sueco, svensk, шведська мова, шведський, người Thuỵ điển tiếng Thuỵ điển |
Turkmen | Тюркменски Език, turkmeno, turcomano, turquemeno, turquemene, turkmenistanier | |
Ukranian | словник, довідник, чіткість, тлумачення, виразність, визначення, дефініція, ясність, чітка чутність, процес перекладу, переклад, пояснення, переміщення | 乌克兰 |
Vietnamese | có tính chất sách vở, sự định rõ, sự định nghĩa, lời định nghĩa sự định, sự dịch, sự biến th nh sự giải thích | vietnamisht, vietnamez, виетнамски език, виетнамски, 越南語 , 越南语, 越南 , vietnami, vietnámi, 트남, vietnamita, вьетнамский, vijetnamski jezik, vijetnamski, vijetnamac, vietnames, в'"тнамець, в'"тнамський, người Việt nam tiếng Việt |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | anglezët, anglez, gjuhë zngleze, anglishte, anglisht, английски език, английски, англичаните, 英语, 英國 , 英文 , 英 , 英語 , angol, inglese, 영국, inglês, englezesc, английский, engleski, englez, engleski jezik, inglés, engelsk, англійський, англійці, англійська мова |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Expressions 7. Translations: Modern 8. Anagrams | 9. Orthography 10. Bibliography |
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