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Definition of Ignoramus
1. Noun. An ignorant person.
Generic synonyms: Unskilled Person
Specialized synonyms: Aliterate, Aliterate Person, Illiterate, Illiterate Person, Nonreader
Definition of Ignoramus
1. 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.
Definition of Ignoramus
1. Noun. A totally ignorant person—unknowledgeable, uneducated, or uninformed; a fool. ¹
2. Noun. (legal dated) A grand jury's ruling on an indictment when the evidence is determined to be insufficient to send the case to trial. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Ignoramus
1. an utterly ignorant person [n -MUSES or -MI]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ignoramus
Literary usage of Ignoramus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Annals of Cambridge by Charles Henry Cooper, John William Cooper (1845)
"1648, under the title of "The Case and Argument against Sir ignoramus of ''Cambridge,
by Robert Callis, of Grays-Inn, Esquire, afterward Serjeant at Law, ..."
2. The History of England from the Restoration to the Death of William III by Richard Lodge (1910)
"In spite of the biassed charge of Chief Justice Pemberton, the grand jury returned
the bill against Shaftesbury with the word " ignoramus " written on its ..."
3. Westminster Hall, Or, Professional Relics and Anecdotes of the Bar, Bench by Henry Roscoe, Thomas Roscoe (1825)
"ignoramus. Of the distaste of James I. for the Common Law and its Professors,
... This was the Comedy of ignoramus, VOL. in. ..."
4. Elizabethan Drama, 1558-1642: A History of the Drama in England from the by Felix Emmanuel Schelling (1908)
"Far more important than either of these plays was the famous ignoramus, the plot
of which is taken from Porta's ..."
5. Collections by Minisink Valley Historical Society, Connecticut Historical Society (1882)
"July, 26. Tuesday, ride to Cambridge in Mr. Austin's Calash, with Mr. Dudley,
Scipio drives. Grand-Jury at first brings in ignoramus upon ..."
6. Diary of Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy Under Lincoln and Johnson by Gideon Welles (1911)
"... Sheridan — Conversation with Grant on the Subject of Reconstruction — A
Political ignoramus — General Sickles announces his Intention of obstructing the ..."
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