n. (pl. ignoramuses) an ignorant person.
Etymology: 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
n. (pl. ignoramuses) an ignorant person.
Etymology: 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
Oxford English vocab. Оксфордский английский словарь. 2012