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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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
ignoramus
n : an ignorant person [syn: know nothing, uneducated person]
WordNet (r) 2.0
67 Moby Thesaurus words for "ignoramus":
abecedarian, alphabetarian, apprentice, articled clerk, ass,
beginner, boot, born fool, buffoon, catechumen, clown, dabbler,
debutant, dilettante, doodle, dullard, dullhead, dumbbell,
dummkopf, dummy, dunce, egregious ass, entrant, figure of fun,
fledgling, fool, freshman, greenhorn, greeny, idiot, illiterate,
illiterati, inductee, initiate, jackass, know-nothing, lowbrow,
lunatic, middlebrow, milksop, mooncalf, moron, neophyte, new boy,
newcomer, no scholar, novice, novitiate, perfect fool, postulant,
probationer, probationist, puddinghead, raw recruit, recruit,
rookie, schmuck, simpleton, softhead, sop, stupid, stupid ass,
tenderfoot, tomfool, tyro, unintelligentsia, zany
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
IGNORAMUS, practice. We are ignorant. This word, which in law means we are
uninformed, is written on a bill by a grand jury, when they find that there
is not sufficient evidence to authorize their finding it a true bill.
Sometimes, instead of using this word, the grand jury endorse on the bill,
"Not found." 4 Bl. Com. 305. Vide Grand Jury.
Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
IGNORAMUS, n. A person unacquainted with certain kinds of knowledge
familiar to yourself, and having certain other kinds that you know
nothing about.
Dumble was an ignoramus,
Mumble was for learning famous.
Mumble said one day to Dumble:
"Ignorance should be more humble.
Not a spark have you of knowledge
That was got in any college."
Dumble said to Mumble: "Truly
You're self-satisfied unduly.
Of things in college I'm denied
A knowledge -- you of all beside."
Borelli
THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993)
know nothing, uneducated person
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