ignoramus
Meaning of ignoramus
noun
- an ignorant or stupid person.
assume that your examiner is an ignoramus and explain everything to him
late 16th century (as the endorsement made by a grand jury on an indictment considered backed by insufficient evidence to bring before a petty jury): Latin, literally ‘we do not know’ (in legal use ‘we take no notice of it’), from ignorare (see ignore). The modern sense may derive from the name of a character in George Ruggle's Ignoramus (1615), a satirical comedy exposing lawyers' ignorance.
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Hyphenation of ignoramus
ig-no-ra-mus
- It consists of 4 syllables and 9 chars.
- ignoramus is a word polysyllabic because it has four or more syllables
ignoramus synonyms
Meaning a person who acts unwisely or imprudently; a silly person:
Meaning a stupid person:
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Meaning a foolish or stupid person:
Meaning a ridiculous but amusing person; a clown:
Meaning a person who is slow at learning; a stupid person:
Meaning a stupid person (used as a general term of abuse):
Meaning a slow or stupid person:
Meaning a foolish or gullible person:
Meaning a foolish and weak person:
Meaning a foolish or easily deceived person:
Meaning a stupid or silly person:
Meaning a silly or foolish person (often as a general term of abuse):
Meaning a silly, foolish, or eccentric person:
Meaning a silly or foolish person:
Meaning a stupid or foolish person:
Meaning a base close to the area of active operations where supplies and troops can be received and evacuated by air:
Meaning the round head of a pin:
Meaning a silly or stupid person:
Meaning a corpse said to be revived by witchcraft, especially in certain African and Caribbean religions:
Meaning a contemptibly foolish person:
Meaning a foolish or contemptible person who lacks social skills or is boringly studious:
Meaning a graduated rod for measuring the depth of a liquid, especially oil in a vehicle's engine:
Meaning a stupid or inept person:
Meaning a very thin, long strip of pasta or a similar flour paste, eaten with a sauce or in a soup:
Meaning the egg or young form of a louse or other parasitic insect, especially the egg of a human head louse attached to a hair:
Meaning a stupid or ineffectual person:
Meaning a foolish or clumsy person:
Meaning an animal of the horse family, which is typically smaller than a horse and has longer ears and a braying call:
Meaning a stupid person; a fool:
Meaning a foolish or inept person:
Meaning an incompetent or stupid person; an idiot:
Meaning a silly or inept person:
Meaning an unpleasant or contemptible person:
Meaning a dividend or share, especially of profits earned by a cooperative:
Meaning a foolish, objectionable, or insignificant person:
Meaning a silly or annoying person:
Meaning a fool:
Meaning a large cup, typically cylindrical with a handle and used without a saucer:
Meaning an incompetent or foolish person:
Meaning a stupid, irritating, or insignificant person:
Meaning a small coloured rubber bag which is inflated with air and then sealed at the neck, used as a child's toy or a decoration:
Meaning a stupid or clumsy person:
Meaning an awkward or foolish person (often used as a general term of abuse):
Meaning a foolish or contemptible person:
Meaning a stupid or insignificant man:
Meaning an embarrassing mistake:
Meaning a stupid, inept, or dull person:
Meaning a large mainly domesticated game bird native to North America, having a bald head and (in the male) red wattles. It is a popular food on festive occasions such as Christmas and (in the US) Thanksgivin:
Meaning an inept or stupid person:
Meaning a stupid or contemptible person:
Meaning a naive or stupid person:
Meaning a clumsy or stupid person (often as a term of abuse):
Meaning a contemptible, socially inept person:
Meaning a clumsy, stupid person:
Meaning a clumsy, awkward, or foolish person:
Meaning a stupid or worthless person:
Meaning a stupid, awkward, or unlucky person:
Meaning the fluid which circulates in the vascular system of a plant, consisting chiefly of water with dissolved sugars and mineral salts:
Meaning a ball of minced or chopped meat:
Meaning the short, low sound made by a hen:
Meaning a dull sound such as that made by heavy metal objects striking together:
Meaning a stupid or eccentric person:
Meaning a frankfurter or similar sausage:
Meaning tiny:
Meaning a brief swim:
Meaning a potato:
Meaning an aquatic bird of the rail family, with blackish plumage, lobed feet, and a bill that extends back on to the forehead as a horny shield:
Meaning a stupid, clumsy, or uncouth person:
Meaning the aftermost and highest deck of a ship, especially in a sailing ship where it typically forms the roof of a cabin in the stern:
Meaning a songbird with glossy black plumage and typically a long forked tail and a crest, found in Africa, southern Asia, and Australia:
Meaning an aromatic annual herb of the parsley family, with fine blue-green leaves and yellow flowers. The leaves or seeds are used for flavouring and for medicinal purposes:
Meaning a small Australian cockatoo with a grey back and rosy pink head and underparts:
Meaning a foolish or stupid person (often as a general term of abuse):
Meaning an uncouth or unsophisticated person regarded as being of low social status:
Meaning a simple or foolish person:
Meaning a foolish person:
Meaning a foolish, awkward, or clumsy person:
Meaning a reddish-brown turtle with a very large head, occurring chiefly in warm seas:
Translation of ignoramus
Anagrams of ignoramus
graminous, origanums, Sorangium
Words that rhyme with ignoramus
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