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ignote en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ɪɡˈnəʊt/

Etymology

From Latin ignotus; prefix in- (“not”) + gnotus, notus (“known”), past participle of gnocere, nocere (“to learn, to know”).

Meanings

1. (obsolete) unknown
   • a. 1697, John Aubrey, letter I am an ignote fellow and but of little learning.
   • A traveller passing through the confines of ignote countries. 1634, Miles Sandys, Essays:

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
more ignote	Degree=Cmp		lexicographic
most ignote	Degree=Sup		lexicographic

ignote en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ɪɡˈnəʊt/

Etymology

From Latin ignotus; prefix in- (“not”) + gnotus, notus (“known”), past participle of gnocere, nocere (“to learn, to know”).

Meanings

1. (obsolete) One who is unknown.
   • More light is opened to this in a Letter that an Ignote Wrote to K. Jumes 1693, John Hacket, Scrinia Reserata:

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
ignotes	Number=Plur		lexicographic