† boroweborouadj.
Obsolete.
? Homely, unlearned. Also as quasi-n.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > want of knowledge, ignorance > [adjective]
unlearedeOE
untowenc1000
unwittyc1000
skillessc1175
uncouthc1220
lewda1225
lorelessa1300
simplea1325
layc1330
uncunning1340
untaughtc1340
unknowingc1350
rudea1382
roida1400
unquainta1400
ignorant?c1400
unlearnedc1400
misknowing?a1425
simple-hearted?c1425
unknownc1475
unkenningc1480
unweeting1483
nescienta1500
craftlessc1530
misliterate1532
sillya1547
ingram1553
gross1561
inscient1578
borowe1579
plain-headeda1586
empirical1588
rudeful1589
lack-learning1590
learnless?1593
wotless?1594
ingrant1597
untutored1597
small-knowing1598
uninstructed1598
unlearnt1609
unread1609
unware?1611
nescious1623
inscious1633
inscientifical1660
uninformed1702
unaware1704
unable1721
unsuspecting1776
inerudite1801
ill-informed1824
incognoscent1827
unminded1831
unknowledgeable1837
knowledgelessc1843
parviscient1862
clueless1943
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > want of knowledge, ignorance > [noun] > person
unwiteOE
buzzard1377
idiotc1384
ignorantc1450
unscholar1545
idiota1566
borowe1579
simple1600
ignoramus1616
ignoramo1623
ignaro1634
ingram1638
know-little1651
lack-latina1657
idiotist1715
know-nothing1812
Oscar1918
1579 L. Tomson tr. J. Calvin Serm. Epist. S. Paule to Timothie & Titus 953/1 He vseth that borowe kinde of speache.
1611 H. Broughton Require of Agreement 21 Our Lordes Prayer..in vulgar Greeke for the borous.
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