ignoramus

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪɡnəˈɹeɪməs/
• Rhymes: -eɪməs

Etymology 1

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

Noun

ignoramus (plural ignoramuses)

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

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:ignoramus

Usage notes

The hyper-correct plural form ignorami is seen by most as humorous and non-standard, as the word derives from a Latin verb, not from a noun.

Translations

totally ignorant person

• Bashkir: (тома) наҙан ((toma) naźan)
• Bulgarian: невежа (bg) m (neveža)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 無知的人／无知的人, 无知的人 (wúzhī de rén), 笨蛋 (zh) (bèndàn), 愚人 (zh) (yúrén)

• Czech: ignorant (cs) m
• Finnish: tolvana (fi), tomppeli (fi)
• Georgian: უვიცი (uvici)
• German: Ignorant (de) m, Nichtswisser m, unwissender Mensch m, unwissende Person f, Dummkopf (de) m (pejorative); (for female persons only) Ignorantin (de) f, Nichtswisserin f,
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Hungarian: tudatlan (ember/alak/fráter)
• Icelandic: fávís maður m, fáfróður maður m
• Irish: abhlóir m, ainbhiosán m, aineolaí m, amadán m, dalldramán m, graoisín m, tuata m
• Maori: rorirori
• Russian: неве́жда (ru) m or f (nevéžda), не́уч (ru) m or f (néuč), профа́н (ru) m (profán), незна́йка (ru) m or f (neznájka)
• Spanish: ignaro (es) m
• Swedish: dumhuvud (sv) n

Etymology 2

Directly from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] 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.

Anagrams

• origanums

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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) ignōrāmus

1. first-person plural present active indicative of ignōrō