Definitions for ignoramus

ignoramus ig·no·ra·mus

Spelling: [ig-nuh-rey-muh s, -ram-
IPA: /ˌɪg nəˈreɪ məs, -ˈræm əs/

Ignoramus is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 657 anagrams from letters in ignoramus (agimnorsu).

Definitions for ignoramus

noun

  1. an extremely ignorant person.

Origin of ignoramus

1570-80; Latin ignōrāmus we ignore (1st person plural present indicative of ignōrāre to be ignorant of, ignore); hence name of an ignorant lawyer in the play Ignora

Examples for ignoramus

Some ignoramus, or some wit, had dubbed him the King of Ireland, and he was playing to the part.

Judging by her looks, she must have thought me an ignoramus.

But I am only an ignoramus, and certainly failed to understand everything in it.

He may be an ignoramus, but he possesses the golden alphabet.

The other women agreed with him, and snubbed the ignoramus, who retired from the controversy.

Here is an ignoramus, and Dogberry is placed on the judge's bench.

Which does not by any means prove that young Tom was an ignoramus.

From this Claude went on to remark with asperity that Murillo painted like an ignoramus.

A demagogue must be neither an educated nor an honest man; he has to be an ignoramus and a rogue.

Is he really an ignoramus mistakenly granted admission ahead of deserving students because his parents know the right people?

Word Value for ignoramus
Scrable

12

Words with friends

16

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