Meaning of IGNORAMUS
| Pronunciation: | | `ignu'reymus
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[n] an ignorant person |
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IGNORAMUS is a 9 letter word that starts with I. |
| | Synonyms: | | know nothing, uneducated person |
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| | See Also: | | aliterate, aliterate person, analphabetic, illiterate, illiterate person, nonreader, unskilled person | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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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