[f. as prec. + -NESS.] The state or quality of knowing nothing; complete ignorance.
1884. N. & Q., 21 June, 493/1. Jo … scandalized by his distressing know-nothingness the coroner and jury at the inquest … in Bleak House.
1899. V. Pitkethley, in Chamb. Jrnl., II. 92/1. One meets with more of this curious, half-reticent know-nothingness, real or assumed.
