ignoramus Definition

• Ignoramus ((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.

• Ignoramus ((n.))

  A stupid, ignorant person; a vain pretender to knowledge; a dunce.

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