'Ignoramuses' definitions:

Definition of 'Ignoramuses'

From: GCIDE
  • Ignoramus \Ig`no*ra"mus\, n. [L., we are ignorant. See Ignore.]
  • 1. (Law) We are ignorant; we ignore; -- being the word formerly written on a bill of indictment by a grand jury when there was not sufficient evidence to warrant them in finding it a true bill. The phrase now used is, "No bill," "No true bill," or "Not found," though in some jurisdictions "Ignored" is still used. --Wharton (Law Dict. ). Burn. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (pl. Ignoramuses.) A stupid, ignorant person; a vain pretender to knowledge; a dunce. [1913 Webster]
  • An ignoramus in place and power. --South. [1913 Webster]

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