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IGNORAMUS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An ignorant person

Synonyms:

ignoramus; know nothing; uneducated person

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("ignoramus" is a kind of...):

unskilled person (a person who lacks technical training)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ignoramus"):

aliterate; aliterate person (a person who can read but is disinclined to derive information from literary sources)

illiterate; illiterate person; nonreader (a person unable to read)

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