Ignoraʹmus
. One who ignores the knowledge of something; one really unacquainted with it. It is an ancient law term. The grand jury used to write Ignoramus on the back of indictments “not found” or not to be sent into court. Hence ignore. The present custom is to write “No true bill.”
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Entry taken from
Dictionary of Phrase and Fable,
edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.