ignoramus
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ignoramus¹
- /ˌɪɡ.nəˈɹeɪ.məs/ Canada, US, UK
- /ˌɪɡ.nəˈɹæɪ.məs/ Australia
- /ˌəɡ.nəˈɹæɪ.məs/ New Zealand
- /ˌɪɡ.nəˈɹe.məs/ Scotland
Rhymes with -eɪməs
Where it comes from
After the ignorant lawyer Ignoramus, the titular character in the 1615 play Ignoramus by the English playwright George Ruggle; from Latin ignōrāmus (“we do not know, we are unacquainted with, we are ignorant of”), the first-person plural present active indicative of ignōrō (“to not know, to be unacquainted with, to be ignorant of”).
noun ignoramuses · ignorami · ignoramous
- A totally ignorant person—unknowledgeable, uneducated, or uninformed; a fool. The problem is that visual ignoramuses, such as this writer, can't think of that many pictures and end up drawing question marks where a frog should be.
Similar: dunce, ignoramus, jay, know-nothing, lack-latin, mumpsimus, nescient, numskull, rube, wild-ass · Opposite: genius, scholar
ignoramus²
- /ˌɪɡ.nəˈɹeɪ.məs/ Canada, US, UK
- /ˌɪɡ.nəˈɹæɪ.məs/ Australia
- /ˌəɡ.nəˈɹæɪ.məs/ New Zealand
- /ˌɪɡ.nəˈɹe.məs/ Scotland
Rhymes with -eɪməs
Where it comes from
Directly from Latin ignōrāmus (“we do not know”).
noun ignoramuses
- A grand jury's ruling on an indictment when the evidence is determined to be insufficient to send the case to trial.
Similar: dunce, ignoramus, jay, know-nothing, lack-latin, mumpsimus, nescient, numskull, rube, wild-ass · Opposite: genius, scholar
verb ignoramuses · ignoramusing · ignoramused
- To make such a ruling against (an indictment).
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noun totally ignorant person
| Español | ignaro, ignorante, chúntaro |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 무식쟁이 musikjaeng'i |
| 中文 | 無知的人 /无知的人 wúzhī de rén, 笨蛋 bèndàn, 愚人 yúrén |
| Français | ignare |
| Deutsch | Ignorant, Nichtswisser, unwissender Mensch, ungebildete Person, Dummkopf, Ignorantin |
| Italiano | ignorante |
| Русский | неве́жда nevéžda, не́уч néuč, профа́н profán, незна́йка neznájka |
| Tiếng Việt | ếch ngồi đáy giếng |
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