# ignorative

> English word · Adjective

## Definitions
1. Applied to certain linguistic constructs that express indefiniteness or indicate that something is unknown.

## Etymology
Introduced by linguist Anna Wierzbicka (born 1938). See ignorant, -ative.

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