ignoramus
an extremely ignorant person.
Origin of ignoramus
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How to use ignoramus in a sentence
And the truth is that the Eichmann trial was by and large a trial conducted by ignoramuses.
Claude Lanzmann on 'Shoah', His Memoir, and the Banality of Evil | Clémence Boulouque | June 11, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTNobody has yet dared to say that he would rather see an England of ignoramuses than an England of cowards and slaves.
A Treatise on Parents and Children | George Bernard ShawHe had the greatest contempt for religious revivals, and called those who took part in them a set of ignoramuses.
Abraham Lincoln: Was He A Christian? | John B. RemsburgWell, Wood chose about eighty—all who had been seamen or gunners and a baker's dozen of ignoramuses beside.
The Long Roll | Mary JohnstonExcellent musicians have been subjected to the vulgar abuse of self-sufficient ignoramuses.
Famous Singers of To-day and Yesterday | Henry C. Lahee
Errors of ignoramuses, who only distinguish animals by their horns and think a slaughter-house ox the same as a fighting-bull!
The Blood of the Arena | Vicente Blasco Ibez
British Dictionary definitions for ignoramus
/ (ˌɪɡnəˈreɪməs) /
an ignorant person; fool
Origin of ignoramus
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