'Ignoramus' definitions:
Definition of 'ignoramus'
(from WordNet)
noun
An ignorant person [syn: ignoramus, know nothing, uneducated person]
Definition of 'Ignoramus'
From: GCIDE
- Ignoramus \Ig`no*ra"mus\, n. [L., we are ignorant. See Ignore.]
- 1. (Law) We are ignorant; we ignore; -- being the word formerly written on a bill of indictment by a grand jury when there was not sufficient evidence to warrant them in finding it a true bill. The phrase now used is, "No bill," "No true bill," or "Not found," though in some jurisdictions "Ignored" is still used. --Wharton (Law Dict. ). Burn. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (pl. Ignoramuses.) A stupid, ignorant person; a vain pretender to knowledge; a dunce. [1913 Webster]
- An ignoramus in place and power. --South. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'ignoramus'
From: Moby 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