ignoramus
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8.3
- noun
- /ˌɪɡnəˈreɪməs/
- Offensive
:
ignorante
- Wendell got on the phone to Mary's teacher and was called an ignoramus.
And to quote the ignoramus that you like to quote, I mean, he was right.
- And to quote the ignoramus that you like to quote, I mean, he was right.
- So he himself is I find to be in like an ignoramus and an embarrassment.
- So you know, but it's seldomly an actual ignoramus.
Examples
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Thus, for Secretary of State, he hired another ignoramus with no experience.
Blog text (24) -
But I'm an awful ignoramus about politics.
Fiction book (1993) -
How can I work with such a hard headed ignoramus on my back?!
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I cannot talk to this ignoramus!
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I'm not a complete ignoramus.
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Can this be the result of inferior education, not knowing world history, producing an ignoramus nation?
Blog text (25) -
That makes no sense, you incompetent ignoramus!
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I'm a well-meaning ignoramus if you like, but there are other things here that I know something about.
Fiction book (1993) -
The ignoramus doesn't know poetry from a cabbage.
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He felt like an ignoramus when he realized he had misunderstood the basic concepts of the topic.
Synonyms
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8.7
A person who makes silly mistakes
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8.5
An insulting word for a person who has very little information
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3.0
A person who has little or no schooling
A person who acts foolishly because of new trends or technology
Antonyms
How Knowledgeable
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3.2
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4.1
67
1.0
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3.4
42
3.7
367
3.7
- Offensive
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8.3
Surface Forms
Etymology
Ignoramus comes from the Latin verb ignorare, which means 'not to know', and is the same root as ignorant and ignore. So, calling someone an ignoramus is saying they lack knowledge.