- (n.) A stupid, ignorant person; a vain pretender to knowledge; a dunce.
- (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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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| MLA | Webster's. "ignoramus" 27 May 2011. Web. 25 September 2026. <http://smartdefine.org/ignoramus/definitions/2018877> |