quasi-knowledgeable

adjective

possessing or exhibiting knowledge, insight, or understanding; intelligent; well-informed; discerning; perceptive.

Also, knowl·edg·a·ble.

Origin:
1600–10; knowledge + -able

Related forms

knowl·edge·a·bil·i·ty, knowl·edge·a·ble·ness, noun

knowl·edge·a·bly, adverb

non·knowl·edge·a·ble, adjective

qua·si-knowl·edge·a·ble, adjective

qua·si-knowl·edge·a·b·ly, adverb

un·knowl·edge·a·ble, adjective

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knowledgeable or knowledgable (ˈnɒlɪdʒəb^əl)

—*adj*
	possessing or indicating much knowledge

knowledgable or knowledgable

—*adj*

'knowledgeableness or knowledgable

—n

'knowledgableness or knowledgable

—n

'knowledgeably or knowledgable

—*adv*

'knowledgably or knowledgable

—*adv*

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Word Origin & History

knowledgeable

c.1600, "capable of being known;" from knowledge + -able. The modern sense of "having knowledge" is from 1829 and probably a new formation.

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