Found 2 items, similar to Ignoramus.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: ignoramus
ignoramus
n : an ignorant person [syn:
know nothing,
uneducated person]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Ignoramus
Ignoramus
\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.
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2. (pl.
Ignoramuses.) A stupid, ignorant person; a vain
pretender to knowledge; a dunce.
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An ignoramus in place and power. --South.
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