ignoramus
/ˌɪɡnəˈreɪməs/noun
उच्चारण इग्नरेमस
अज्ञानी, मूर्ख, अनपढ़
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[C] formal or humorous
a person who does not have much knowledge
अज्ञानी, मूर्ख, अनपढ़
- Don't call him an ignoramus just because he cannot use a computer.
- The man behaved like an ignoramus by laughing at the scientist's simple question.
- Nobody wants to be called an ignoramus in front of the whole class.
+ 2 more examples
- The professor was no ignoramus; he knew the subject well.
- He felt like an ignoramus when he could not name the capital of his own state.
Synonyms fool dunce illiterate simpleton know-nothing
Opposite scholar expert intellectual sage
≈Synonyms and antonyms
AaSpelling
ig·no·ra·mus
With -ra- and -mus; plural ignoramuses (not 'ignorami', since it is not a real Latin plural).
-ra- और अंत में -mus; plural ignoramuses ('ignorami' नहीं, क्योंकि यह वास्तविक Latin plural नहीं)।
⌂Word origin and word building
From the Latin for 'we do not know'.
Latin में 'हम नहीं जानते' से।
✓In the exam
One-word substitution
One-word substitution, asked very often: a person who knows very little is an ignoramus; one who cannot read or write illiterate; one who knows a lot about many subjects a polymath; a wise old person a sage.
यह बहुत पूछा जाता है: बहुत कम जानने वाला ignoramus; पढ़-लिख न सकने वाला illiterate; कई विषयों का बहुत जानकार polymath; बुद्धिमान वृद्ध sage।