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knowingness

noun

Etymology

From knowing + -ness.

  1. derived from *ǵneh₃-✻
  2. inherited from *knēaną✻
  3. inherited from *knāan✻
  4. inherited from cnāwan
  5. inherited from knowen
  6. suffixed as knowing — “know + ing”
  7. suffixed as knowingness — “knowing + ness”

Definitions

  1. The quality or state of being knowing.

    • Dripping with unearned knowingness, indifferent to the factual debate involved.

  2. Pretending to already be informed, as contrasted with a willingness to learn.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA