ignoramus

• No person bearing my family name had been an ignoramus, and I did not choose to be the first to bear the label. —  Madeleine An Autobiography
• But he wanted to suggest that Froude was an ignoramus, and for the purpose of beating a dog one stick is as good as another. —  The Life of Froude
• There was some little excitement at the election; one of the members of the old Board had been called “an ignoramus,” in the stress of battle, and being much concerned and mystified asked a neighbour what the term signified, adding, no doubt thinking of a hippopotamus, that he believed it was some kind of animal! —  Grain and Chaff from an English Manor
• Of course Shallow is an ignoramus -- his very name is a give-away; of course he is an incompetent Justice of the Peace who learned nothing at Clemen's Inn except where to find the local prostitutes. —  VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XIV No 4
• I wonder if this ignoramus is aware that by saying that, it implies that one has the right to scam those who don't know any better. —  The Red Tape Chronicles

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