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Webster 1913 Edition
Ignorant
1.
Destitute of knowledge; uninstructed or uninformed; untaught; unenlightened.
He that doth not know those things which are of use for him to know, is but an
ignorant
man, whatever he may know besides. Tillotson.
2.
Unacquainted with; unconscious or unaware; – used with of.
Ignorant
of guilt, I fear not shame. Dryden.
3.
Unknown; undiscovered.
[Obs.]
Ignorant
concealment. Shakespeare
Alas, what
ignorant
sin have I committed? Shakespeare
4.
Resulting from ignorance; foolish; silly.
Syn. – Uninstructed; untaught; unenlightened; uninformed; unlearned; unlettered; illiterate. –
Ignorant
, Illiterate
. Ignorant denotes lack of knowledge, either as to single subject or information in general; illiterate 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 illiterate, and yet were far from being ignorant, especially in regard to war and other active pursuits. In such business
Action is eloquence, and the eyes of the
More learned than the ears.
Action is eloquence, and the eyes of the
ignorant
More learned than the ears.
Shakespeare
In the first ages of Christianity, not only the learned and the wise, but the
ignorant
and illiterate
, embraced torments and death. Tillotson.
Ig′no-rant
,Noun.
A person untaught or uninformed; one unlettered or unskilled; an ignoramous.
Did I for this take pains to teach
Our zealous
Our zealous
ignorants
to preach? Denham.
Webster 1828 Edition
Ignorant
IG'NORANT
,Adj.
1.
Unknown; undiscovered; a poetical use; as ignorant concealment.2.
Unacquainted with. Ignorant of guilt, I fear not shame.
3.
Unskillfully made or done. [Not legitimate.] Poor ignorant baubles.
IG'NORANT
,Noun.
Did I for this take pains to teach
Our zealous ignorants to preach?