# ignoramus

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˌɪɡ.nəˈɹeɪ.məs/ · frequency rank #64,435

## Definitions
1. A totally ignorant person—unknowledgeable, uneducated, or uninformed; a fool.

## Etymology
After the ignorant lawyer Ignoramus, the titular character in the 1615 play Ignoramus by the English playwright George Ruggle; from Latin ignōrāmus (“we do not know, we are unacquainted with, we are ignorant of”), the first-person plural present active indicative of ignōrō (“I do not know, I am unacquainted with, I am ignorant of”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/ignoramus