| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Noun Plural | 1. Plural inflection of the noun ignoramus.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Noun Base (ignoramus) | 1. An ignorant person.[Wordnet]. 2. 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.[Websters]. 3. A stupid, ignorant person; a vain pretender to knowledge; a dunce.[Websters]. | |
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Date "IGNORAMUSES" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1518. (references) |
Specialty Definition: ignoramus
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Satire | IGNORAMUS, n. A person unacquainted with certain kinds of knowledge familiar to yourself, and having certain other kinds that you know nothing about. Dumble was an ignoramus, Mumble was for learning famous. Mumble said one day to Dumble: "Ignorance should be more humble. Not a spark have you of knowledge That was got in any college." Dumble said to Mumble: "Truly You're self-satisfied unduly. Of things in college I'm denied A knowledge -- you of all beside." Borelli Source: Devil's Dictionary | ||
| Noah Webster | [Noun] The indorsement which a grand jury make on a bill presented to them for inquiry, when there is not evidence to support the charges, on which all proceedings are stopped, and the accused person is discharged.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Law | IGNORAMUS, practice. We are ignorant. This word, which in law means we are uninformed, is written on a bill by a grand jury, when they find that there is not sufficient evidence to authorize their finding it a true bill. Sometimes, instead of using this word, the grand jury endorse on the bill, "Not found." 4 Bl. Com. 305. Vide Grand Jury. (references) | ||
| Literature | Ignoramus One who ignores the knowledge of something; one really unacquainted with it. It is an ancient law term. The grand jury used to write lgnoramus on the back of indictments "not found" or not be sent into court. Hence ignore. The present custom is to write "No true bill." Source: Brewer's Dictionary. | ||
| Wikipedic | Ignoramus is a college farce by George Ruggle (1575 - 1622) based on an Italian comedy by Della Porta. It was written and produced in Clare College, Cambridge in 1615 for James I of England. The play satirizes the college recorder, Brackyn, who is represented as the Ignoramus of the title. He is given a romance of false loves, where he is enamored of Rosabella but is tricked into being with the mannish Polla. Like Malvolio, who is supposed mad, he is suspected of being possessed and put through an exorcism before being carried off to a monastery to recuperate (and to stay away from the loves of the more worthy wits). (references) | ||
| Wiktionary | 1: [Etymology 1] A totally ignorant person; a fool. (references) | 2: [Etymology 2] (law, dated) A grand jury's ruling on an indictment when the evidence is determined to be insufficient to send the case to trial. (references) | |
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Specialty Expressions: ignoramus
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Ignoramus Jury | Literature | (An). The Grand Jury. (See above.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. | |
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Topics by Level of Interest: ignoramus | ||||
| Topics sorted by level of Interest | Level (1=low, 600=high) | Topics sorted Alphabetically | Level (1=low, 600=high) | |
| Ignoramus et ignorabimus | 7 | Ignoramus (drama) | 3 | |
| Ignoramus (drama) | 3 | Ignoramus et ignorabimus | 7 | |
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