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[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
ignoramus \ig`nora"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.
      1913 webster

   2. pl. ignoramuses. a stupid, ignorant person; a vain
      pretender to knowledge; a dunce.
      1913 webster

            an ignoramus in place and power.      --south.
      1913 webster
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