ˌignəˈrāməs sometimes -ram- noun
( -es )
Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, we do not know, 1st plural present indicative of ignorare to be ignorant of — more at ignore
1. : an endorsement formerly written on a bill of indictment by a grand jury when it considered the evidence insufficient to warrant the finding of a true bill ; also : a bill returned with such an endorsement
2.
[after Ignoramus, an ignorant lawyer in Ignoramus (1615), play by George Ruggle died 1622, English playwright]
: an utterly ignorant person : dunce