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ignoramus

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ig·no·ra·mus  (gn-rms)
n. pl. ig·no·ra·mus·es
An ignorant person.
[From New Latin ignrmus, a grand jury's endorsement upon a bill of indictment when evidence is deemed insufficient to send the case to a trial jury, from Latin, we do not know, first person pl. present tense of ignrre, to be ignorant; see ignore.]
ignoramus [ˌɪgnəˈreɪməs]
n pl -muses
an ignorant person; fool
[from legal Latin, literally: we have no knowledge of, from Latin ignōrāre to be ignorant of; see ignore; modern usage originated from the use of Ignoramus as the name of an unlettered lawyer in a play by G. Ruggle, 17th-century English dramatist]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.ignoramusignoramus - an ignorant person                  
know nothing, uneducated person
unskilled person - a person who lacks technical training
aliterate, aliterate person - a person who can read but is disinclined to derive information from literary sources
illiterate, illiterate person, nonreader - a person unable to read
ignoramus
noun dunce, fool, ass, donkey, bonehead (slang), duffer (informal), simpleton, dullard, dolt, blockhead, lowbrow, putz (U.S. slang), fathead (informal), eejit (Scot. & Irish), thicko (Brit. slang), numpty (Scot. informal), doofus (slang, chiefly U.S.), numbskull or numskull I am an ignoramus regarding technical matters.
Translations
ignoramus [ˌɪgnəˈreɪməs] N → ignorante mf, inculto/a m/f
ignoramus [ˌɪgnəˈreɪməs] n → personne f ignare
ignoramus
n → Nichtswisser(in) m(f), → Ignorant(in) m(f)
ignoramus [ˌɪgnəˈreɪməs] n → ignorante m/f
ignoramus [ˌɪgnəˈreɪməs] n → ignorante m/f


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You have already remarked that I am an ignoramus in mathematical subjects; and it is impossible for me to find out how the savants of the observatory were able to calculate what initiatory speed the projectile ought to have on leaving the Columbiad in order to attain the moon.
Round The Moon by Verne, Jules View in context
Marking all this, Stubb argued well for his scheme, and turning to the Guernsey-man had a little chat with him, during which the stranger mate expressed his detestation of his Captain as a conceited ignoramus, who had brought them all into so unsavory and unprofitable a pickle.
Moby Dick LXVIII-CXXXIV by Melville, Herman View in context
Come now; band, not of officers, but of thieves; footpads with the licence of the Holy Brotherhood; tell me who was the ignoramus who signed a warrant of arrest against such a knight as I am?
Don Quixote by Cervantes, Miguel View in context
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