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ignorant

Pronunciation: /ˈɪɡ.nə.ɹənt/

The English word “ignorant” has 6 meanings listed here.

adjective

  1. Unknowledgeable or uneducated; characterized by ignorance.
  2. Not knowing (a fact or facts), unaware (of something).
  3. Ill-mannered, crude.
  4. Unknown; undiscovered
  5. Resulting from ignorance; foolish; silly.

noun

  1. One who is ignorant.

Etymology

From Old French ignorant, from Latin ignōrāns (“unaware, unknowing”). By surface analysis, ignore + -ant.

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