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ignoramus

Syllabification: (ig·no·ra·mus)

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Definition of ignoramus

noun (plural ignoramuses)

  • an ignorant or stupid person.

Origin:

late 16th century: Latin, literally 'we do not know' (in legal use 'we take no notice of it'), from ignorare (see ignore). The modern sense may derive from the name of a character in George Ruggle's Ignoramus (1615), a satirical comedy exposing lawyers' ignorance

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