ignoramus
1Ignoramus — 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.… …
2ignoramus — (n.) 1570s, from an Anglo French legal term (early 15c.), from L. ignoramus we do not know, first person present indicative of ignorare not to know (see IGNORANT (Cf. ignorant)). The legal term was one a grand jury could write on a bill when it… …
3ignoramus — [ig΄nə rā′məs, ig΄nəram′əs] n. pl. ignoramuses [< 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… …
4ignoramus — ig·no·ra·mus /ˌig nə rā məs/ n: no bill at bill 3b Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …
5ignoramus — meaning ‘an ignorant person’, has the plural form ignoramuses. It was originally a law term from the Latin word meaning ‘we do not know’, and the ending has nothing to do with Latin nouns in us …
6ignoramus — ► NOUN (pl. ignoramuses) ▪ an ignorant or stupid person. ORIGIN originally a formula uttered by a grand jury about an indictment considered to be backed by insufficient evidence to bring before a petty jury: from Latin, we do not know (in legal… …
7Ignoramus — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Ignoramus >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 ignoramus ignoramus dunce Sgm: N 1 wooden spoon wooden spoon Sgm: N 1 no scholar no scholar GRP: N 2 Sgm: N 2 sciolist sciolist smatterer dabbler …
8ignoramus — This has had the meaning of an ignorant person since the early seventeenth century, when a play by Ruggles, written to expose the ignorance and arrogance of lawyers, was first performed. Ignoramus, the title of the play, was also the name of… …
9ignoramus — noun (plural muses; also ignorami) Etymology: Ignoramus, ignorant lawyer in Ignoramus (1615), play by George Ruggle, from Latin, literally, we are ignorant of Date: circa 1616 an utterly ignorant person ; dunce …
10ignoramus — /ig neuh ray meuhs, ram euhs/, n., pl. ignoramuses. an extremely ignorant person. [1570 80; < L ignoramus we ignore (1st pers. pl. pres. indic. of ignorare to be ignorant of, IGNORE); hence name of an ignorant lawyer in the play Ignoramus (1615)… …
