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Noun ignoramus has 1 sense
  1. ignoramus, know nothing, uneducated person - an ignorant person
    --1 is a kind of unskilled person
    --1 has particulars:
     aliterate, aliterate person; illiterate, illiterate person, nonreader

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Term: Ignoramus

Description:

Noun: Ignoramus refers to a person who is highly uninformed, lacking knowledge, or displaying a willful disregard for acquiring knowledge.

Senses and Usages:

  1. Informal: Used colloquially to describe someone as ignorant or foolish.

    2. Example Sentence: My cousin is such an ignoramus; he believes the earth is flat.

  2. Legal: Historically used in legal settings to denote a person who admits they have insufficient knowledge or understanding of a specific matter.

    3. Example Sentence: The defendant claimed to be an ignoramus regarding the tax laws, resulting in an unintentional violation.

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