Ignote

//ɪɡˈnəʊt// adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    One who is unknown. obsolete

    "More light is opened to this in a Letter that an Ignote Wrote to K. Jumes"

Adjective
  1. 1
    unknown obsolete

    "a. 1697, John Aubrey, letter I am an ignote fellow and but of little learning."

Example

More examples

"a. 1697, John Aubrey, letter I am an ignote fellow and but of little learning."

Etymology

From Latin ignotus; prefix in- (“not”) + gnotus, notus (“known”), past participle of gnocere, nocere (“to learn, to know”).

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