Etymology

ignoramus

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Today it means: A totally ignorant person—unknowledgeable, uneducated, or uninformed; a fool. Full definition →

Latin ignōrāmus
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ignoramus · noun1

  1. Latin · derived fromignōrāmus“we do not know, we are unacquainted with, we are ignorant of”
  2. English todayignoramus

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”).

ignoramus · noun, verb2

  1. Latin · derived fromignōrāmus“we do not know”
  2. English todayignoramus

Directly from Latin ignōrāmus (“we do not know”).

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