ignoramo

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noun

A foolish and ignorant person; an ignoramus.

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Meanings

nounignoramo (plural ignoramos or ignoramoes)

plural ignoramos · plural ignoramoes

  1. colloquialrareA foolish and ignorant person; an ignoramus.

    'Did you see him when I asked him his opinion of the new champers?' Biddy tittered. 'He went red as fire! What an ignoramo!'

    2001, Jonathan Gash [pseudonym; John Grant], Every Last Cent, Bath, Somerset: Chivers Press, →ISBN, page 236

Origin

Clipping of ignoramus + -o. Possibly modelled on Spanish and Italian verb forms ending in -o.

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Anagrams

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APA

ignoramo. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ignoramo

MLA

“ignoramo.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ignoramo. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ignoramo,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ignoramo.

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