know-nothing adjective 1noun 1forms 1 adjective1 •Ignorant; characterized by foolish denial of facts or beliefs in that which is not true.All over the world, know-nothing xenophobes are claiming – without evidence – that climate science is rigged. — 2017 noun1 •An ignorant person; one who lacks knowledge. formsknow-nothings
Know-Nothing noun1 •(US, historical) A member of a secret antiforeigner political organization in the nineteenth-century United States. formsKnow-Nothings