ignoramus.
A totally ignorant person—unknowledgeable, uneducated, or uninformed; a fool.
Meaning & usage
A totally ignorant person—unknowledgeable, uneducated, or uninformed; a fool.
Where this word comes from
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”).
A grand jury's ruling on an indictment when the evidence is determined to be insufficient to send the case to trial.
Where this word comes from
Directly from Latin ignōrāmus (“we do not know”).
To make such a ruling against (an indictment).
Where this word comes from
Directly from Latin ignōrāmus (“we do not know”).
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