An easy one. From ξέρω + όλα. I was watching Inspector Inspector George Gently the other day. As I’m interested in Greek, I pay a lot of attention to subtitles. Gently’s sidekick, Bacchus, referred to a very able policewoman as an “arrogant knowall”. I didn’t catch if αλαζονική was used for arrogant, but ξερόλα was the translation for knowall. A nice insult to add to my growing list.
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