ignorant

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The pictorial art that appeals to the young or the ignorant is the kind that tells a story--perhaps historical painting on enormous canvasses, perhaps the small genre picture, possibly something symbolic or mythological; but at any rate it must embody a narrative, whether it is that of the signing of a treaty, a charge of dragoons, a declaration of love or the feeding of chickens.

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  1. adjective Lacking education or knowledge.
  2. adjective Showing or arising from a lack of education or knowledge: an ignorant mistake.
  3. adjective Unaware or uninformed.

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  1. Middle English ignoraunt, from Old French ignorant, from Latin ignōrāns, ignōrant-, present participle of ignōrāre, to be ignorant, not to know; see gnō- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English ignorant, from Old French ignorant, French ignorant = Provencal ignorans = Spanish Portuguese Italian ignorante, from Latin ignoran (t-)s, present participle of ignorare, have no knowledge of, be ignorant: see ignore.
 

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