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Definition of Ignoramus

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. 2. (pl. Ignoramuses.) A stupid, ignorant person; a vain pretender to knowledge; a dunce. An ignoramus in place and power. --South.

Meaning of Ignoramus from wikipedia

- Look up ignoramus in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Ignoramus may refer to: Latin for "we do not know" Ignoramus, a college farce written in 1615 in...
- The Latin maxim ignoramus et ignorabimus, meaning "we do not know and will not know", represents the idea that scientific knowledge is limited. It was...
- Ignoramus is a college farce, a 1615 academic play by George Ruggle. Written in Latin (with p****ages in English and French), it was arguably the most...
- The Minor (or Young ignoramus, Недоросль), is a 1782 play by Denis Fonvizin. Neil Cornwell Reference Guide to Russian Literature 2013 p305 1134260709...
- a husband on behalf of his wife iuris ignorantia est **** ius nostrum ignoramus it is ignorance of the law when we do not know our own rights ius accrescendi...
- World" program Mortimer Adler says, "There have always been literate ignoramuses, who have read too widely, and not well. The Gr****s had a name for such...
- also shown as an ignoramus but a faithful servant to his masters most of the time. His stupidity or his virtue of being an ignoramus has cost him many...
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- the Masons co-produced. Other titles by Mason include the novel Ignoramus, Ignoramus (1950) (illustrated by James Mason); The Cats in Our Lives (1949)...
- lyrics (Knopfler clarified the character he plays in the song is an "ignoramus"), ground-breaking music video, and a cameo appearance by Sting singing...