ignoramus
an extremely ignorant person.
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How to use ignoramus in a sentence
Among other incredulous moments, Carlson would often claim she needed Google or a dictionary to look up words she most certainly knew, such as ignoramus and czar.
If I were a reactionary ignoramus, those numbers would make me plenty nervous.
Obama and the Washington Football Club and (Of Course!) Lanny Davis | Michael Tomasky | October 6, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTAs a recovering ignoramus, I ordered a used copy of Shababo's Love in Safed before I finished Ziffer's post.
Is he really an ignoramus mistakenly granted admission ahead of deserving students because his parents know the right people?
A demagogue must be neither an educated nor an honest man; he has to be an ignoramus and a rogue.
Plotz was, by his own estimation, an inattentive Jew, a biblical ignoramus.
This fellow was an ignoramus, did not even understand the Jewish language, and made use therefore of Russian.
Solomon Maimon: An Autobiography. | Solomon MaimonAny political ignoramus, if hoisted to the "bench," has judicial authority to declare the law,—it is absolute.
The Trial of Theodore Parker | Theodore ParkerWhy is one born into this world an ignoramus, knowing nothing of the laws, customs and usage one inadvertently breaks?
The Road to Damascus | August Strindberg"If that luncheon was not expensive, then I am indeed an ignoramus," said Dolly, when they began to figure out its cost.
Living on a Little | Caroline French BentonBut fools will rush in where angels fear to tread, and ignoramus walks with confidence where Eruditus fears to take a step.
British Dictionary definitions for ignoramus
/ (ˌɪɡnəˈreɪməs) /
an ignorant person; fool
Origin of ignoramus
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