Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Ignoramus"
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) 1.7 (wn)
ignoramus
n : an ignorant person [syn: {know nothing}, {uneducated person}]
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