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Ignoramus

Ignoramus Definition And Meaning
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.

Ignoramus Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Ignoramus?

[n] an ignorant person

Synonyms | Synonyms for Ignoramus: know nothing | uneducated 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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