Definition of Ignoramus

1. Noun. An ignorant person.


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

ignobleness
ignoblenesses
ignobler
ignoblest
ignobly
ignomies
ignominies
ignominious
ignominiously
ignominiousness
ignominous
ignominy
ignomy
ignorable
ignorami
ignoramus (current term)
ignoramuses
ignorance
ignorance is bliss
ignorances
ignorant
ignorantest
ignorantism
ignorantisms
ignorantist
ignorantists
ignorantly
ignorantness
ignorantnesses
ignorants

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