About The Word Ignoramus
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Ignoramus
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What's The Definition Of Ignoramus?
[n] an ignorant person
Synonyms | Synonyms for Ignoramus: know nothing | uneducated person Related Terms | Find terms related to Ignoramus: abecedarian | alphabetarian | apprentice | articled clerk | ass | beginner | boot | born fool | buffoon | catechumen | clown | dabbler | debutant | dilettante | doodle | dullard | dullhead | dumbbell | dummkopf | dummy | dunce | egregious ass | entrant | figure of fun | fledgling | fool | freshman | greenhorn | greeny | idiot | illiterate | illiterati | inductee | initiate | jackass | know-nothing | lowbrow | lunatic | middlebrow | milksop | mooncalf | moron | neophyte | new boy | newcomer | no scholar | novice | novitiate | perfect fool | postulant | probationer | probationist | puddinghead | raw recruit | recruit | rookie | schmuck | simpleton | softhead | sop | stupid | stupid ass | tenderfoot | tomfool | tyro | unintelligentsia | zany See Also | aliterate | aliterate person | analphabetic | illiterate | illiterate person | nonreader | unskilled person Ignoramus In Webster's Dictionary \Ig`no*ra"mus\, n. [L., we are ignorant. See
{Ignore}.]
1. (Law) We are ignorant; we ignore; -- being the word
formerly written on a bill of indictment by a grand jury
when there was not sufficient evidence to warrant them in
finding it a true bill. The phrase now used is, ``No
bill,'' ``No true bill,'' or ``Not found,'' though in some
jurisdictions ``Ignored'' is still used. --Wharton (Law
Dict. ). Burn.
2. (pl. {Ignoramuses}.) A stupid, ignorant person; a vain
pretender to knowledge; a dunce.
An ignoramus in place and power. --South.
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