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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  2.  (pl.  {Ignoramuses}.)  A  stupid,  ignorant  person;  a  vain 
  pretender  to  knowledge;  a  dunce. 
 
  An  ignoramus  in  place  and  power.  --South. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  ignoramus 
  n  :  an  ignorant  person  [syn:  {know  nothing},  {uneducated  person}] 
 
  From  THE  DEVIL'S  DICTIONARY  ((C)1911  Released  April  15  1993)  [devils]: 
 
  IGNORAMUS,  n.  A  person  unacquainted  with  certain  kinds  of  knowledge 
  familiar  to  yourself  and  having  certain  other  kinds  that  you  know 
  nothing  about 
 
  Dumble  was  an  ignoramus, 
  Mumble  was  for  learning  famous. 
  Mumble  said  one  day  to  Dumble: 
  "Ignorance  should  be  more  humble. 
  Not  a  spark  have  you  of  knowledge 
  That  was  got  in  any  college." 
  Dumble  said  to  Mumble:  "Truly 
  You're  self-satisfied  unduly. 
  Of  things  in  college  I'm  denied 
  A  knowledge  --  you  of  all  beside." 
  Borelli 
 
 




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