Definitions for: Ignoramus

[n] an ignorant person

Webster (1913) 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.

Synonyms: know nothing, uneducated person

See Also: aliterate, aliterate person, analphabetic, illiterate, illiterate person, nonreader, unskilled person

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