IGNORAMUS

n.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

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.
n.

A stupid, ignorant person; a vain pretender to knowledge; a dunce. An ignoramus in place and power. South.


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