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Ignorant
Definitions
- 1 Unknowledgeable or uneducated; characterized by ignorance.
"That man that doth not know those things which are of use and necessity for him to know, is but an ignorant man, whatever he may know besides;"
- 2 Not knowing (a fact or facts), unaware (of something).
"For we would not, brethren, have you ignorant of our trouble which came to us in Asia, that we were pressed out of measure, above strength, insomuch that we despaired even of life:"
- 3 Ill-mannered, crude. slang
"His manner was at best off-hand, at worst totally ignorant."
- 4 Unknown; undiscovered obsolete
"Alas, what ignorant sin have I committed?"
- 5 Resulting from ignorance; foolish; silly.
"[…] his shipping— Poor ignorant baubles!— upon our terrible seas, Like eggshells moved upon their surges, crack’d As easily ’gainst our rocks:"
- 1 uneducated in the fundamentals of a given art or branch of learning; lacking knowledge of a specific field wordnet
- 2 uneducated in general; lacking knowledge or sophistication wordnet
- 3 unaware because of a lack of relevant information or knowledge wordnet
- 1 One who is ignorant.
Etymology
From Old French ignorant, from Latin ignōrāns (“unaware, unknowing”). By surface analysis, ignore + -ant.
From Old French ignorant, from Latin ignōrāns (“unaware, unknowing”). By surface analysis, ignore + -ant.
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