Ignoramus

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪmÉ™s

After the ignorant lawyer Ignoramus, the titular character in the 1615 play Ignoramus by the English playwright Georges Ruggle; from Latin ignōrāmus ("we do not know, we are ignorant of"), the first-person plural present active indicative of īgnōrō ("I do not know, I am unacquainted with, I am ignorant of").

Full definition of ignoramus

Noun

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

Synonyms

Directly from Latin ignōrāmus ("we do not know").

Noun

1. (legal, dated) A grand jury's ruling on an indictment when the evidence is determined to be insufficient to send the case to trial.----