Ignoramus

Noun

 * 1) A totally ignorant person—unknowledgeable, uneducated, or uninformed; a fool.

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:ignoramus

Noun

 * 1)  A  grand jury's ruling on an indictment when the evidence is determined to be insufficient to send the case to trial.

Adjectives for Ignoramus
splendid; hopeless; obvious; posturing.

Thesaurus
abecedarian, alphabetarian, apprentice, articled clerk, ass, beginner, boot, born fool, buffoon, catechumen, clown, dabbler, debutant, dilettante, doodle, dullard, dullhead, dumbbell, dummkopf, dummy, dunce, egregious ass, entrant, figure of fun, fledgling, fool, freshman, greenhorn, greeny, idiot, illiterate, illiterati, inductee, initiate, jackass, know-nothing, lowbrow, lunatic, middlebrow, milksop, mooncalf, moron, neophyte, new boy, newcomer, no scholar, novice, novitiate, perfect fool, postulant, probationer, probationist, puddinghead, raw recruit, recruit, rookie, schmuck, simpleton, softhead, sop, stupid, stupid ass, tenderfoot, tomfool, tyro, unintelligentsia, zany

Etymology 1
After the ignorant lawyer Ignoramus, the titular character in the 1615 play Ignoramus by the English playwright Georges Ruggle; from ignoramus:, the first-person plural present active indicative of ignoro:.

Etymology 2
Directly from ignoramus:.

Noun

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 * Icelandic: fávís, fáfróður


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