单词 | ignoramus |
释义 | ignoramus[ ig-nuh-rey-muhs, -ram-uhs ] / ˌɪg nəˈreɪ məs, -ˈræm əs / SEE SYNONYMS FOR ignoramus ON THESAURUS.COM noun, plural ig·no·ra·mus·es.an extremely ignorant person. Origin of ignoramus1570–80; <Latin ignōrāmus we ignore (1st person plural present indicative of ignōrāre to be ignorant of, ignore); hence name of an ignorant lawyer in the play Ignoramus (1615) by the English playwright G. Ruggle, whence current sense SYNONYMS FOR ignoramussimpleton, fool, dunce, know-nothing. SEE SYNONYMS FOR ignoramus ON THESAURUS.COM Words nearby ignoramusignition system, ignitron, ignoble, ignominious, ignominy, ignoramus, ignorance, Ignorance is bliss, ignorant, ignoratio elenchi, ignore Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for ignoramusBritish Dictionary definitions for ignoramusignoramus / (ˌɪɡnəˈreɪməs) / noun plural -musesan ignorant person; fool Word Origin for ignoramusC16: from legal Latin, literally: we have no knowledge of, from Latin ignōrāre to be ignorant of; see ignore; modern usage originated from the use of Ignoramus as the name of an unlettered lawyer in a play by G. Ruggle, 17th-century English dramatist Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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