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Webster 1913 Edition
Ignoramus
1.
(Law)
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.
Wharton (Law Dict. ). Burn.
2.
(pl.
Ignoramuses
.) A stupid, ignorant person; a vain pretender to knowledge; a dunce.
An
ignoramus
in place and power. South.
Webster 1828 Edition
Ignoramus
IGNORA'MUS
,Noun.
1.
The indorsement which a grand jury make on a bill presented to them for inquiry, when there is not evidence to support the charges, on which all proceedings are stopped, and the accused person is discharged.2.
An ignorant person; a vain pretender to knowledge.