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ignoramus definition

ig·no·ra·mus (ig′nə rā′məs, -ram′əs)

noun pl. ignoramuses -·muses

an ignorant and stupid person

Etymology: < the name of a lawyer in Geo. Ruggle's play Ignoramus (1615); L, lit., we take no notice (a legal term formerly written on a bill of indictment by a grand jury that finds it to be not a true bill)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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