IGNORAMUS


Meaning of IGNORAMUS in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌɪɡnəˈreɪməs ]

n. (pl. ignoramuses) an ignorant person. [L, = we do not know: in legal use (formerly of a grand jury rejecting a bill) we take no notice of it; mod. sense perh. from a character in Ruggle's Ignoramus (1615) exposing lawyers' ignorance]

English main colloquial, spoken dictionary.      Английский основной разговорный словарь.