FromOld French ignorant Latin ignōrāns ( “ unaware, unknowing ” ) . Bysurface analysis ,ignore -ant
ignorant (comparative ignoranter or moreignorant ,superlative ignorantest or mostignorant )
Unknowledgeable oruneducated ; characterized byignorance .1664 John Tillotson , “Sermon I. The Wisdom of Being Religious.Job XXVIII. 28.”, inThe Works of the Most Reverend Dr. John Tillotson, Late Lord Archbishop of Canterbury: [ … ] , London: [ … ] B. Aylmer, [ … ] [ a] nd W. Rogers, [ … ] 1696 ,→OCLC That man that doth not know those things which are of use and necessity for him to know, is but anignorant man, whatever he may know besides;
1766 Oliver Goldsmith , chapter 15, inThe Vicar of Wakefield [1] 150 :Theignorant peasant, without fault, is greater than the philosopher with many; for what is genius or courage without an heart?
Notknowing (a fact or facts),unaware (of something).1611 The Holy Bible, [ … ] King James Version ), London: [ … ] Robert Barker , [ … ] →OCLC 2 Corinthians 1:8 :For we would not, brethren, have youignorant of our trouble which came to us in Asia, that we were pressed out of measure, above strength, insomuch that we despaired even of life:
1677 John Dryden ,The State of Innocence and Fall of Man [2] 14 :Eve . Somewhat forbids me, which I cannot name;ignorant of guilt, I fear not shame:
1851 ,Walt Whitman , “Art and Artists” inEmory Holloway (editor),The Uncollected Poetry and Prose of Walt Whitman , Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1921, Volume 1, p. 242,[3] [ …] perhaps it is sometimes the case that the greatest artists live and die, the world and themselves alikeignorant what they possess.1921 John T. McCutcheon ,The Restless Age [4] 179 :That night he slept the sleep of happiness, blissfullyignorant that he had placed the letters in the wrong envelopes.
( slang ) Ill-mannered ,crude .His manner was at best off-hand, at worst totallyignorant .
( obsolete ) Unknown undiscovered c. 1603–1604 William Shakespeare , “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice ”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies [ … ] (First Folio ), London: [ … ] Isaac Iaggard , andEd[ ward] Blount , published1623 ,→OCLC [ Act IV, scene ii] :Alas, whatignorant sin have I committed?
c. 1610–1611 (date written)William Shakespeare , “The Winters Tale ”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies [ … ] (First Folio ), London: [ … ] Isaac Iaggard , andEd[ ward] Blount , published1623 ,→OCLC [ Act I, scene ii] :[ …] ignorant concealment.
1845 ,Robert Browning , letter addressed toElizabeth Barrett Browning , cited inPercy Lubbock ,Elizabeth Barrett Browning in Her Letters , London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1906, Chapter 4, p. 106,[5] [ …] as to you, your goodness and understanding will always see to the bottom of involuntary orignorant faults—always help me to correct them.Resulting from ignorance; foolish; silly.1611 William Shakespeare , “The Tragedie of Cymbeline ”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies [ … ] (First Folio ), London: [ … ] Isaac Iaggard , andEd[ ward] Blount , published1623 ,→OCLC [ Act III, scene i] :[ …] ignorant baubles!— upon our terrible seas,
1916 Mark Twain , chapter 8, inAlbert Paine , editor,The Mysterious Stranger [6] 112 :He had never felt a pain or a sorrow, and did not know what they were, in any really informing way. He had no knowledge of them except theoretically—that is to say, intellectually. And of course that is no good. One can never get any but a loose andignorant notion of such things except by experience.
characterized by ignorance
Albanian:injorant (sq) Arabic:جَاهِل ( jāhil ) Egyptian Arabic:جاهل ( gāhil ) Hijazi Arabic:جاهل m ( jāhil ) Armenian:տգետ (hy) ( tget ) ,անգրագետ (hy) ( angraget ) Asturian:inorante Azerbaijani:cahil (az) Bashkir:наҙан ( naźan ) Basque:ezjakin Belarusian:не́вуцкі ( njévucki ) ,неадукава́ны ( njeadukavány ) ,нягра́матны ( njahrámatny ) ,няпісьме́нны ( njapisʹmjénny ) ,цёмны (be) ( cjómny ) Bulgarian:негра́мотен (bg) ( negrámoten ) ,необразо́ван (bg) ( neobrazóvan ) ,неу́к (bg) ( neúk ) Catalan:ignorant (ca) Chinese:Mandarin:無知 / 无知 (zh) ( wúzhī ) Czech:ignorantský nevzdělaný neznalý Dutch:onwetend (nl) ,ignorant (nl) Esperanto:malklera Finnish:tietämätön (fi) ,moukka (fi) French:ignorant (fr) Galician:ignorante (gl) Georgian:please add this translation if you can German:ignorant (de) Gothic:𐌿𐌽𐍆𐍂𐍉𐌸𐍃 ( unfrōþs ) ,𐌿𐌽𐍅𐌴𐌹𐍃 ( unweis ) ,𐌿𐌽𐌺𐌿𐌽𐌽𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍃 ( unkunnands ) Greek:αδαής (el) ( adaḯs ) Ancient Greek:ἀμαθής ( amathḗs ) Hindi:अज्ञान (hi) ( ajñān ) Hungarian:tudatlan (hu) ,tájékozatlan (hu) Indonesian:bebal (id) Irish:ainbhiosach aibéiseach Italian:ignorante (it) Japanese:疎い (ja) ( utoi ) ,無知な (ja) ( muchi na ) Kazakh:бейхабар ( beixabar ) Khmer:ល្ងង់ខ្លៅ ( lngŭəng khlaw ) Korean:무지하다 (ko) ( mujihada ) ,무식하다 (ko) ( musikhada ) ,무학하다 ( muhakhada ) ,배운 데 없다 ( bae'un de eopda ) ,멍청하다 (ko) ( meongcheonghada ) ( informal ) Kurdish:Central Kurdish:نەزان (ckb) ( nezan ) Northern Kurdish:nezan (ku) Latin:inscītus ignārus ignōrāns Macedonian:не́ук ( néuk ) ,необра́зован ( neobrázovan ) ,не́писмен ( népismen ) ,непро́светен ( neprósveten ) ,негра́мотен ( negrámoten ) ( archaic ) Malay:jahil (ms) Malayalam:പാമരൻ (ml) ( pāmaraṉ ) Middle English:bestial Mongolian:please add this translation if you can Norman:innouothant ( Jersey ) Norwegian:Bokmål:uvitende (no) Occitan:ignorant (oc) Old English:unġewiss Persian:نادان (fa) ( nâdân ) ,عامی (fa) ( 'âmi ) Polish:ignorancki (pl) Portuguese:ignorante (pt) Punjabi:ਬੇਖਬਰ ( bekhbar ) Romanian:ignorant (ro) Russian:неве́жественный (ru) ( nevéžestvennyj ) ,необразо́ванный (ru) ( neobrazóvannyj ) ,негра́мотный (ru) ( negrámotnyj ) ,тёмный (ru) ( tjómnyj ) Scottish Gaelic:ainfhiosach ainfhiosrach Slovak:nevzdelaný Slovene:neveden (sl) Spanish:ignorante (es) ,ignaro (es) ,desentendido (es) ,nesciente chúntaro (es) ,inculto (es) Swedish:ovetande (sv) ,okunnig (sv) Tagalog:bano mangmang Thai:please add this translation if you can Turkish:cahil (tr) Ukrainian:не́уцький ( néucʹkyj ) ,неосві́чений ( neosvíčenyj ) ,неодуко́ваний ( neodukóvanyj ) ,неписьме́нний ( nepysʹménnyj ) ,негра́мотний ( nehrámotnyj ) ,те́мний (uk) ( témnyj ) Vietnamese:ngu dốt (vi) ,dốt nát (vi) ,mù chữ (vi) Welsh:anwybodus (cy)
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ignorant (plural ignorants
One who is ignorant. Borrowed fromLatin ignōrantem
ignorant m or f masculine and feminine plural ignorants
ignorant See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.
ignorant
gerund ofignorar “ignorant ”, inDiccionari de la llengua catalana Dictionary of the Catalan Language Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan:Institut d'Estudis Catalans ], April 2007 “ignorant ”, inGran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana ,Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana ,2026 “ignorant” inDiccionari normatiu valencià ,Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua .“ignorant” inDiccionari català-valencià-balear , Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.ignorant m anim female equivalent ignorantka
ignoramus ,ignorant Synonyms: nevědomec neználek Antonyms: znalec vševěd Declension ofignorant (hard masculine animate )
FromLatin ignōrāns ( “ not knowing ” ) .
IPA (key ) : [injoˈʁɑnˀd̥] ,[enjoˈʁɑnˀd̥] ,[inoˈʁɑnˀd̥] ignorant (plural and definite singular attributive ignorante
ignorant ignorant
ignorant c singular definite ignoranten plural indefinite ignoranter
ignoramus ignorant (comparative ignoranter superlative ignorantst
ignorant FromLatin ignōrantem
ignorant (feminine ignorante masculine plural ignorants feminine plural ignorantes
ignorant See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.
ignorant
present participle ofignorer Borrowed fromLatin ignōrāns
ignorant (strong nominative masculine singular ignoranter comparative ignoranter superlative am ignorantesten
willfully ignorant ,arrogantly disinterested inknowledge Positive forms ofignorant
Comparative forms ofignorant
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“ignorant ” inDuden online “ignorant ” inDigitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache ignōrant
third-person plural present active indicative ofignōrō ignōrant
third-person plural pluperfect active indicative ofignōscō FromLatin ignōrāns
ignorant m feminine singular ignoranta masculine plural ignorants feminine plural ignorantas
ignorant ignorant
ignorant ignorant m
ignorant ( person ) Learned borrowing fromLatin ignōrantis
IPA (key ) : /iɡˈnɔ.rant/ Rhymes:-ɔrant Syllabification:ig‧no‧rant ignorant m pers female equivalent ignorantka
ignorant ignorant inWielki słownik języka polskiego , Instytut Języka Polskiego PANignorant in Polish dictionaries at PWNBorrowed fromFrench ignorant
ignorant m or n feminine singular ignorantă masculine plural ignoranți feminine/neuter plural ignorante
ignorant IPA (key ) : /iɡnǒrant/ Hyphenation:ig‧no‧rant ignòrant m anim Cyrillic spelling игно̀рант
ignorant 
