ignoramus
Plural: ignorami, ignoramuses
Noun
- an ignorant person
- A totally ignorant person—unknowledgeable, uneducated, or uninformed; a fool.
- A grand jury's ruling on an indictment when the evidence is determined to be insufficient to send the case to trial.
Verb
- To make such a ruling against (an indictment).
Origin / 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 (“I do not know, I am unacquainted with, I am ignorant of”).
Synonyms
know nothing, uneducated person, dunce, ignoramus, jay, know-nothing, lack-latin, mumpsimus, nescient, numskull, rube, wild-ass
Scrabble Score: 12
ignoramus: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordignoramus: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
ignoramus: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary