ignoramus

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪməs

Etymology 1

After the ignorant lawyer Ignoramus, the titular character in the 1615 play Ignoramus by the English playwright Georges Ruggle; from Latin ignōrāmus (“we do not know, we are ignorant of”), the first-person plural present active indicative of īgnōrō (“I do not know, I am unacquainted with, I am ignorant of”).

Noun

ignoramus (plural ignoramuses or ignorami)

1. A totally ignorant person—unknowledgeable, uneducated, or uninformed; a fool.

Synonyms

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Translations

totally ignorant person

Chinese: Mandarin: 無知的人, 无知的人 (wúzhī de rén), 笨蛋 (cmn) (bèndàn), 愚人 (cmn) (yúrén) Czech: ignorant (cs) m. Finnish: tomppeli (fi)

German: Ignorant (de) m. Icelandic: fávís maður (is) m., fáfróður maður (is) m. Russian: невежда (ru) (nevéžda) m. and f., неуч (ru) (néuč) m. and f., профан (ru) (profán) m., незнайка (ru) (neznájka) m. and f. Swedish: dumhuvud (sv)

Etymology 2

Directly from Latin ignōrāmus (“we do not know”).

Noun

ignoramus (plural ignoramuses)

1. (law, dated) A grand jury's ruling on an indictment when the evidence is determined to be insufficient to send the case to trial.

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Latin

Verb

īgnōrāmus

1. first-person plural present active indicative of īgnōrō