ignoramus en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /ˌəɡ.nəˈɹæɪ.məs/ (New-Zealand)
- /ˌɪɡ.nəˈɹeɪ.məs/ (Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
- ĭg′nə-rā′məs
- /ˌɪɡ.nəˈɹe.məs/ (Scotland)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˌɪɡ.nəˈɹæɪ.məs/ (Australia)
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”).
Meanings
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A totally ignorant person—unknowledgeable, uneducated, or uninformed; a fool.
The problem is that visual ignoramuses, such as this writer, can't think of that many pictures and end up drawing question marks where a frog should be.
2006 April 18, Philip Beadle, “Mind maps: rubbish in theory, but handy in practice”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:“The cost of appearing with this bloviating ignoramus is obvious, it seems to me,” he said on “This Week,” the ABC News program.
2012 May 31, Clyde Haberman, quoting George F. Will, “Trying to Solve the Great Trump Mystery”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 25 Jun 2024:“I am sorry to say your History teacher is an ignoramus! She can’t even spell ‘Bayeux’!”
2017, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Bad Dad, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ignoramuses | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| ignoramous | alternative, nonstandard | lexicographic | |
| ignorami | Number=Plur | hypercorrect | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Deriveds
Hypernyms
Hyponyms
Relateds
ignorant · idiot · fool · bumpkin · smatterer · beginner · charlatan · wiseacre · dilettante · dabbler
Synonyms
dunce · numskull · jay · mumpsimus · lack-latin · know-nothing · nescient · ignoramus · wild-ass · rube
Translations (58)
ga tuata (totally ignorant person) · uk профа́н (totally ignorant person) · cmn 無知的人 /无知的人 (totally ignorant person) · de Ignorant (totally ignorant person) · bg невежа (totally ignorant person) · mi rorirori (totally ignorant person) · fr ignare (totally ignorant person) · ru неве́жда (totally ignorant person) · ru не́уч (totally ignorant person) · ga amadán (totally ignorant person) · fi tolvana (totally ignorant person) · ga graoisín (totally ignorant person) · hu tudatlan (ember/alak/fráter) (totally ignorant person) · ru профа́н (totally ignorant person) · ga abhlóir (totally ignorant person) · ru незна́йка (totally ignorant person) · cu невѣжда (totally ignorant person) · fi tomppeli (totally ignorant person) · pl abnegat (totally ignorant person) · pl ignorant (totally ignorant person) · is fáfróður maður (totally ignorant person) · es ignorante (totally ignorant person) · de Ignorantin (totally ignorant person) · yi עם־האָרץ (totally ignorant person) · vi ếch ngồi đáy giếng (totally ignorant person) · de Dummkopf (totally ignorant person) · pl nieuk (totally ignorant person) · kmr nezan (totally ignorant person) · de Nichtswisser (totally ignorant person) · ga dalldramán (totally ignorant person) · uk не́ук (totally ignorant person) · cs ignorant (totally ignorant person) · it ignorante (totally ignorant person) · kmr cahil (totally ignorant person) · de ungebildete Person (totally ignorant person) · mk незнајко (totally ignorant person) · es ignaro (totally ignorant person) · sv dumhuvud (totally ignorant person) · pl abnegatka (totally ignorant person) · cmn 愚人 (totally ignorant person) · pl ignorantka (totally ignorant person) · ko 무식쟁이 (totally ignorant person) · uk незна́йко (totally ignorant person) · ga ainbhiosán (totally ignorant person) · tog mujira class 1 (totally ignorant person) · de unwissender Mensch (totally ignorant person) · ba наҙан (totally ignorant person) · cs nevědomec (totally ignorant person) · uk неві́глас (totally ignorant person) · ka უვიცი (totally ignorant person) · kmr bêhiş (totally ignorant person) · ga aineolaí (totally ignorant person) · cmn 笨蛋 (totally ignorant person) · de Nichtswisserin (totally ignorant person) · tum mujira (totally ignorant person) · is fávís maður (totally ignorant person) · es chúntaro (totally ignorant person) · uk анальфабе́т (totally ignorant person)