Ignoramus
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English
Noun
Ignoramus (plural Ignoramuses or ignorami)- A totally ignorant person—unknowledgeable, uneducated, or uninformed; a fool.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:ignoramus
Noun
Ignoramus (plural ignorami)- (law, dated) A grand jury's ruling on an indictment when the evidence is determined to be insufficient to send the case to trial.
Adjectives for Ignoramus
splendid; hopeless; obvious; posturing.
Thesaurus
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
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -eɪməs
Etymology 1
After the ignorant lawyer Ignoramus, the titular character in the 1615 play Ignoramus by the English playwright Georges Ruggle; from Latin ignōrāmus (“we do not know, we are ignorant of”), the first-person plural present active indicative of īgnōrō (“I do not know, I am unacquainted with, I am ignorant of”).
Etymology 2
Directly from Latin ignōrāmus (“we do not know”).
Translations
Noun
Latin
Verb
īgnōrāmus
- first-person plural present active indicative of īgnōrō
