Ignoramus

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. An ignorant person.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A totally ignorant person—unknowledgeable, uneducated, or uninformed; a fool.
  • n. A grand jury's ruling on an indictment when the evidence is determined to be insufficient to send the case to trial.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. 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.
  • n. A stupid, ignorant person; a vain pretender to knowledge; a dunce.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In law, an indorsement, meaning ‘we ignore it,’ which a grand jury formerly made on a bill presented to it for inquiry, when there was not evidence to support the charges, by virtue of which indorsement all proceedings were stopped, and the accused person was discharged.
  • n. n. An ignorant person; especially, one who lacks necessary knowledge; an ignorant pretender to knowledge.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. an ignorant person
  • Antonym
    scholar    literate   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    dunce    ignorant    illiterate    simple   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Amos    Seamus    Shamus    famous    mandamus    ramus    shamus   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    dolt    dunce    coot    dullard    simpleton    ninny    oaf    wiseacre    lackwit    nincompoop