ignoramo

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Clipping of ignoramus + -o. Possibly modelled on Spanish and Italian verb forms ending in -o.[1]

Noun[edit]

ignoramo (plural ignoramos or ignoramoes)

  1. (rare, colloquial) A foolish and ignorant person; an ignoramus.
    • 2001, Jonathan Gash [pseudonym; John Grant], Every Last Cent, Bath, Somerset: Chivers Press, →ISBN, page 236:
      'Did you see him when I asked him his opinion of the new champers?' Biddy tittered. 'He went red as fire! What an ignoramo!'

References[edit]

  1. ^ “ignoramo, n.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
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