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ignoramus

[ig-nuh-ray-muhs, -ram-uhs] / ˌɪg nəˈreɪ məs, -ˈræm əs /


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But I really prefer the term "ignoramus" because ignoramus literally means somebody who doesn't know things.

From Salon ● Sep. 30, 2022

The term ignoramus was written on bills of indictment when the evidence presented seemed insufficient to justify prosecution.

From Fox News ● Mar. 30, 2020

At the risk of sounding like a complete ignoramus, I learned several new words and a term which is always fun: macher, shtetl, and work blue.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 12, 2019

Bird ignoramus that I am, I’m paired with an eagle-eyed National Park employee who, for the length of our six-hour hike, abides my frantic cries of “There’s a bird!” and, sometimes, just “Bird?”

From New York Times ● Jul. 28, 2018

He laughed once and said, ‘That man is such an ignoramus, Father.’

From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok

That makes "America: The Motion Picture" not only a waste of time but an insult to ignoramuses.

From Salon ● Jun. 30, 2021

Maudlin also vigorously defends philosophy against ignoramuses who ask, Why do we need philosophy?

From Scientific American ● Nov. 4, 2018

Spurn thought and manners, And look: our land is full of ignoramuses now!

From Washington Post ● Dec. 15, 2016

Hey kids, don't listen to the ignoramuses at @WellsFargo.

From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2016

Were those first Jordan Valley farmers botanical ignoramuses who didn’t know what they were doing?

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond




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