Part 5538

<blockquote>I blush to think upon this <b>ignomy</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Ignoramus</h1> <Xpage=727>

<hw>Ig`no*ra"mus</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., we are ignorant. See <er>Ignore</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>We are ignorant; we ignore; -- being the word formerly written on a bill of indictment by a grand jury when there was not sufficient evidence to warrant them in finding it a true bill. The phrase now used is, "No bill," "No true bill," or "Not found," though in some jurisdictions "Ignored" is still used.</def>

<i>Wharton (Law Dict. ). Burn.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <plu>(pl. <plw>Ignoramuses</plw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>.)</plu> <def>A stupid, ignorant person; a vain pretender to knowledge; a dunce.</def>

<blockquote>An <b>ignoramus</b> in place and power. <i>South.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Ignorance</h1> <Xpage=727>

<hw>Ig"no*rance</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F., fr. L. <ets>ignorantia</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The condition of being ignorant; the want of knowledge in general, or in relation to a particular subject; the state of being uneducated or uninformed.</def>

<blockquote><b>Ignorance</b> is the curse of God, Knowledge the wing wherewith we fly to heaven. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Theol.)</fld> <def>A willful neglect or refusal to acquire knowledge which one may acquire and it is his duty to have.</def>

<i>Book of Common Prayer.</i>

<cs><col>Invincible ignorance</col> <fld>(Theol.)</fld>, <cd>ignorance beyond the individual's control and for which, therefore, he is not responsible before God.</cd></cs>

<h1>Ignorant</h1> <Xpage=727>

<hw>Ig"no*rant</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[F., fr. L. <ets>ignorans</ets>, <ets>-antis</ets>, p.pr. of <ets>ignorare</ets> to be ignorant. See <er>Ignore</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Destitute of knowledge; uninstructed or uninformed; untaught; unenlightened.</def>

<blockquote>He that doth not know those things which are of use for him to know, is but an <b>ignorant</b> man, whatever he may know besides. <i>Tillotson.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Unacquainted with; unconscious or unaware; -- used with <i>of</i>.</def>

<blockquote><b>Ignorant</b> of guilt, I fear not shame. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Unknown; undiscovered.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote><b>Ignorant</b> concealment. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Alas, what <b>ignorant</b> sin have I committed? <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Resulting from ignorance; foolish; silly.</def>

<blockquote>His shipping, Poor <b>ignorant</b> baubles! -- on our terrible seas, Like eggshells moved. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- Uninstructed; untaught; unenlightened; uninformed; unlearned; unlettered; illiterate. -- <er>Ignorant</er>, <er>Illiterate</er>. <i>Ignorant</i> denotes want of knowledge, either as to single subject or information in general; <i>illiterate</i> refers to an ignorance of letters, or of knowledge acquired by reading and study. In the Middle Ages, a great proportion of the higher classes were <i>illiterate</i>, and yet were far from being <i>ignorant</i>, especially in regard to war and other active pursuits.</syn>

<blockquote>In such business Action is eloquence, and the eyes of the <b>ignorant</b> More learned than the ears. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>In the first ages of Christianity, not only the learned and the wise, but the <b>ignorant</b> and <b>illiterate</b>, embraced torments and death. <i>Tillotson.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Ignorant</h1> <Xpage=727>

<hw>Ig"no*rant</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A person untaught or uninformed; one unlettered or unskilled; an ignoramous.</def>

<blockquote>Did I for this take pains to teach Our zealous <b>ignorants</b> to preach? <i>Denham.</i></blockquote>