ignoramus

Meanings

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

dunce, ignoramus, jay, know nothing, know-nothing, lack-latin, mumpsimus, nescient, numskull, rube, uneducated person, wild-ass

Antonyms

genius, scholar

Scrabble Score: 12

ignoramus is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
ignoramus is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
ignoramus is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 16

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