ignoramus

Pronunciation: /ˌɪɡ.nəˈɹeɪ.məs/

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun an ignorant person

Etymology

After 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”).

In classic literature

Synonyms

know nothing, uneducated person

Semantic network

Broader (hypernyms)
unskilled person
Narrower (hyponyms)
illiterate, aliterate

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