ignorant
//ˈɪɡ.nə.ɹənt//
Forms
- Comparative
- ignoranter
- Superlative
- ignorantest
- Plural
- ignorants
Definitions
1.Unknowledgeable or uneducated; characterized by ignorance.
- 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).
- That night he slept the sleep of happiness, blissfully ignorant that he had placed the letters in the wrong envelopes.
3.Ill-mannered, crude.(slang)
- His manner was at best off-hand, at worst totally ignorant.
4.Resulting from ignorance; foolish; silly.
1.One who is ignorant.
Frequency
Overall
Rare· #4831
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Rare
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Etymology
From Old French ignorant, from Latin ignōrāns (“unaware, unknowing”).
By surface analysis, ignore + -ant.