ignoramus
A totally ignorant person—unknowledgeable, uneducated, or uninformedA totally ignorant person—unknowledgeable, uneducated, or uninformed; a fool.
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» He who loves instruction loves knowledge, but whoever hates reproof is an ignoramus.
Кто любит наставление, тот любит знание; а кто ненавидит обличение, тот невежда. — BW
AlanF_US · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
2 sensesA totally ignorant person—unknowledgeable, uneducated, or uninformed; a fool.
Ignorant, Nichtswisser, unwissender Mensch
неве́ждаnevéžda, не́учnéuč, профа́нprofán
неві́гласnevíhlas, незна́йкоneznájko, не́укnéuk
an ignorant person
(dated)A grand jury's ruling on an indictment when the evidence is determined to be insufficient to send the case to trial.
Examples
4 sentencesHe who loves instruction loves knowledge, but whoever hates reproof is an ignoramus.
ruКто любит наставление, тот любит знание; а кто ненавидит обличение, тот невежда. — BW
Tom is an ignoramus.
deTom ist ein Ignorant. — wolfgangth
Tom is an ignoramus. He understands absolutely nothing.
ruТом невежда. Он абсолютно ничего не понимает. — sikmir
deTom ist ein Ignorant. Er versteht rein gar nichts. — Adelpa
When non-Westerners denounce Western war crimes, they're labeled as retarded ignoramuses who know nothing about politics and history.
Translations
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Origin
After the ignorant lawyer Ignoramus, the titular character in the 1615 play Ignoramus by tAfter the ignorant lawyer Ignoramus, the titular character in the 1615 play Ignoramus by the English playwright George Ruggle; from Latin ignōrāmus (“we do not know, we are unacquainted with, we are ignorant of”), the first-person plural present active indicative of ignōrō (“to not know, to be unacquainted with, to be ignorant of”).
Directly from Latin ignōrāmus (“we do not know”).
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Forms
plural: ignoramuses / ignorami| Singular | ignoramus |
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regular
Synonyms
9 synonymsAntonyms
2 antonymsWord family
9 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular
See also
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