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Traditional English :: ignoramus
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ignorantly.html - n. (pl. ignoramuses) an ignorant person. [L, = we do not know: in legal use (formerly of a grand jury rejecting a bill) we take no notice of it; mod. sense perh. from a character in Ruggle's Ignoramus (1615) exposing lawyers' ignorance] |
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Traditional English :: ignorance
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ignorantly.html - n.
(often foll. by of) lack of knowledge (about a thing). [ME f. OF f. L ignorantia (as IGNORANT)] |
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Traditional English :: ignorant
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ignorantly.html - adj. 1 a lacking knowledge. b (foll. by of, in) uninformed (about a fact or subject). 2 colloq. ill-mannered, uncouth. ignorantly adv. [ME f. OF f. L ignorare ignorant- (as IGNORE)] |
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Traditional English :: ignoramus
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ignorantly.html - n. (pl. ignoramuses) an ignorant person. [L, = we do not know: in legal use (formerly of a grand jury rejecting a bill) we take no notice of it; mod. sense perh. from a character in Ruggle's Ignoramus (1615) exposing lawyers' ignorance] |
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Traditional English :: ignorance
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ignorantly.html - n.
(often foll. by of) lack of knowledge (about a thing). [ME f. OF f. L ignorantia (as IGNORANT)] |
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Traditional English :: ignorant
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ignorantly.html - adj. 1 a lacking knowledge. b (foll. by of, in) uninformed (about a fact or subject). 2 colloq. ill-mannered, uncouth. ignorantly adv. [ME f. OF f. L ignorare ignorant- (as IGNORE)] |
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