ignorant

• ignoraunt (obsolete)

From Old French ignorant. Surface analysis: ignore +‎ -ant.

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• IPA^(key): /ˈɪɡnəɹənt/

ignorant (comparative ignoranter or more ignorant, superlative ignorantest or most ignorant)

1. Unknowledgeable or uneducated; characterized by ignorance.
   • 1664, John Tillotson, The Wisdom of Being Religious, London: Sa[muel] Gellibrand, p. 9,

     That man that doth not know those things which are of use and necessity for him to know, is but an ignorant man, whatever he may know besides;

   • 1766, Oliver Goldsmith, The Vicar of Wakefield, London: F. Newbery, Volume I, Chapter 15, p. 150,

     The ignorant peasant, without fault, is greater than the philosopher with many; for what is genius or courage without an heart?

2. Not knowing (a fact or facts), unaware (of something).
   • 1611, King James Version of the Bible, 2 Corinthians 1:8,

     For we would not, brethren, have you ignorant of our trouble which came to us in Asia, that we were pressed out of measure, above strength, insomuch that we despaired even of life:

   • 1677, John Dryden, The State of Innocence and Fall of Man, London: Henry Herringman, Act II, p. 14,

     Eve. Somewhat forbids me, which I cannot name;

     For ignorant of guilt, I fear not shame:

     But some restraining thought, I know not why,

     Tells me, you long should beg, I long deny.

   • 1851, Walt Whitman, “Art and Artists” in Emory Holloway (editor), The Uncollected Poetry and Prose of Walt Whitman, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1921, Volume 1, p. 242,

     […] perhaps it is sometimes the case that the greatest artists live and die, the world and themselves alike ignorant what they possess.

   • 1921, John T. McCutcheon, The Restless Age, Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, p. 179,

     That night he slept the sleep of happiness, blissfully ignorant that he had placed the letters in the wrong envelopes.

3. (slang) Ill-mannered, crude.

   His manner was at best off-hand, at worst totally ignorant.

4. (obsolete) unknown; undiscovered
   • c. 1604, William Shakespeare, Othello, Act IV, Scene 2,

     Alas, what ignorant sin have I committed?

   • c. 1610, William Shakespeare, The Winter’s Tale, Act I, Scene 2,

     […] I beseech you,

     If you know aught which does behove my knowledge

     Thereof to be inform’d, imprison't not

     In ignorant concealment.

   • 1845, Robert Browning, letter addressed to Elizabeth Barrett Browning, cited in Percy Lubbock, Elizabeth Barrett Browning in Her Letters, London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1906, Chapter 4, p. 106,

     […] as to you, your goodness and understanding will always see to the bottom of involuntary or ignorant faults—always help me to correct them.

5. Resulting from ignorance; foolish; silly.
   • c. 1609, William Shakespeare, Cymbeline, Act III, Scene 1,

     […] his shipping—

     Poor ignorant baubles!— upon our terrible seas,

     Like eggshells moved upon their surges, crack’d

     As easily ’gainst our rocks:

   • 1916, Mark Twain, The Mysterious Stranger edited by Albert Paine, New York: Harper & Bros., Chapter 8, p. 112,

     He had never felt a pain or a sorrow, and did not know what they were, in any really informing way. He had no knowledge of them except theoretically—that is to say, intellectually. And of course that is no good. One can never get any but a loose and ignorant notion of such things except by experience.

• See also Thesaurus:ignorant

• ignorantly

• ignorable
• ignoramus
• ignorance
• ignore

ignorant (plural ignorants)

1. One who is ignorant.

• ornating

ignorant

1. present participle of ignorar

ignorant m

1. ignorant
2. ignoramus

• ignorovat

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ignorant (comparative ignoranter, superlative ignorantst)

1. ignorant

• IPA^(key): /i.ɲɔ.ʁɑ̃/

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ignorant

1. present participle of ignorer

ignorant (feminine singular ignorante, masculine plural ignorants, feminine plural ignorantes)

1. ignorant

• “ignorant” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

• Rhymes: -ant

ignorant (comparative ignoranter, superlative am ignorantesten)

1. ignorant

• ignorant in Duden online

īgnōrant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of īgnōrō

• IPA^(key): /iɡnǒrant/
• Hyphenation: ig‧no‧rant

ignòrant m (Cyrillic spelling игно̀рант)

1. ignorant