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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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ignore ignoramuses
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