ignorant
See also: Ignorant
EnglishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- ignoraunt (obsolete)
EtymologyEdit
From Old French ignorant. Surface analysis: ignore + -ant.
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
ignorant (comparative ignoranter or more ignorant, superlative ignorantest or most ignorant)
- Unknowledgeable or uneducated; characterized by ignorance.
- 1664, John Tillotson, “Sermon I. The Wisdom of Being Religious. Job XXVIII. 28.”, in The Works of the Most Reverend Dr. John Tillotson, Late Lord Archbishop of Canterbury: […], 8th edition, London: […] T. Goodwin, B[enjamin] Tooke, and J. Pemberton, […]; J. Round […], and J[acob] Tonson] […], published 1720, →OCLC:
- That man that doth not know those things which are of use and necessity for him to know, is but an ignorant man, whatever he may know besides;
- 1766, Oliver Goldsmith, chapter 15, in The Vicar of Wakefield[1], volume I, London: F. Newbery, page 150:
- The ignorant peasant, without fault, is greater than the philosopher with many; for what is genius or courage without an heart?
- Not knowing (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 you ignorant 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, London: Henry Herringman, Act II, p. 14,[2]
- Eve. Somewhat forbids me, which I cannot name;
- For ignorant of guilt, I fear not shame:
- But some restraining thought, I know not why,
- Tells me, you long should beg, I long deny.
- 1851, Walt Whitman, “Art and Artists” in Emory 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 alike ignorant what they possess.
- 1921, John T. McCutcheon, The Restless Age[4], Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, page 179:
- That night he slept the sleep of happiness, blissfully ignorant that he had placed the letters in the wrong envelopes.
- (slang) Ill-mannered, crude.
- His manner was at best off-hand, at worst totally ignorant.
- (obsolete) unknown; undiscovered
- c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene ii]:
- Alas, what ignorant sin have I committed?
- c. 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Winters Tale”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]:
- […] I beseech you,
If you know aught which does behove my knowledge
Thereof to be inform’d, imprison't not
In ignorant concealment.
- 1845, Robert Browning, letter addressed to Elizabeth Barrett Browning, cited in Percy 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 or ignorant faults—always help me to correct them.
- Resulting from ignorance; foolish; silly.
- 1611 April (first recorded performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Cymbeline”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i]:
- […] his shipping—
Poor ignorant baubles!— upon our terrible seas,
Like eggshells moved upon their surges, crack’d
As easily ’gainst our rocks:
- 1916, Mark Twain, chapter 8, in Albert Paine, editor, The Mysterious Stranger[6], New York: Harper & Bros., page 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 and ignorant notion of such things except by experience.
SynonymsEdit
- See also Thesaurus:ignorant
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
characterized by ignorance
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NounEdit
ignorant (plural ignorants)
- One who is ignorant.
AnagramsEdit
CatalanEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Latin ignōrantem.
AdjectiveEdit
ignorant (masculine and feminine plural ignorants)
Related termsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
VerbEdit
ignorant
- present participle of ignorar
Further readingEdit
- “ignorant” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “ignorant”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “ignorant” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “ignorant” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
CzechEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
ignorant m anim
DeclensionEdit
Declension of ignorant (hard masculine animate)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ignorant | ignoranti |
| genitive | ignoranta | ignorantů |
| dative | ignorantovi, ignorantu | ignorantům |
| accusative | ignoranta | ignoranty |
| vocative | ignorante | ignoranti |
| locative | ignorantovi, ignorantu | ignorantech |
| instrumental | ignorantem | ignoranty |
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Further readingEdit
DanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin ignōrāns (“not knowing”).
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
ignorant (plural and definite singular attributive ignorante)
InflectionEdit
ignorant
NounEdit
ignorant c (singular definite ignoranten, plural indefinite ignoranter)
InflectionEdit
Declension of ignorant
| common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | ignorant | ignoranten | ignoranter | ignoranterne |
| genitive | ignorants | ignorantens | ignoranters | ignoranternes |
DutchEdit
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
ignorant (comparative ignoranter, superlative ignorantst)
InflectionEdit
| Inflection of ignorant | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | ignorant | |||
| inflected | ignorante | |||
| comparative | ignoranter | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | ignorant | ignoranter | het ignorantst het ignorantste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | ignorante | ignorantere | ignorantste |
| n. sing. | ignorant | ignoranter | ignorantste | |
| plural | ignorante | ignorantere | ignorantste | |
| definite | ignorante | ignorantere | ignorantste | |
| partitive | ignorants | ignoranters | — | |
FrenchEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Latin ignōrantem.
AdjectiveEdit
ignorant (feminine ignorante, masculine plural ignorants, feminine plural ignorantes)
Related termsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
ParticipleEdit
ignorant
Further readingEdit
- “ignorant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
GermanEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
ignorant (strong nominative masculine singular ignoranter, comparative ignoranter, superlative am ignorantesten)
DeclensionEdit
Positive forms of ignorant
Comparative forms of ignorant
Superlative forms of ignorant
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Further readingEdit
LatinEdit
PronunciationEdit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /iɡˈnoː.rant/, [ɪŋˈnoːrän̪t̪]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /iɲˈɲo.rant/, [iɲˈɲɔːrän̪t̪]
Etymology 1Edit
VerbEdit
ignōrant
Etymology 2Edit
VerbEdit
ignōrant
OccitanEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
Audio (file)
AdjectiveEdit
ignorant m (feminine singular ignoranta, masculine plural ignorants, feminine plural ignorantas)
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PiedmonteseEdit
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
ignorant
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NounEdit
ignorant m
- ignorant (person)
PolishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Latin ignōrantis.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
ignorant m pers (feminine ignorantka)
DeclensionEdit
Declension of ignorant
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ignorant | ignoranci/ignoranty (depreciative) |
| genitive | ignoranta | ignorantów |
| dative | ignorantowi | ignorantom |
| accusative | ignoranta | ignorantów |
| instrumental | ignorantem | ignorantami |
| locative | ignorancie | ignorantach |
| vocative | ignorancie | ignoranci |
Derived termsEdit
adjective
Related termsEdit
noun
Further readingEdit
RomanianEdit
EtymologyEdit
AdjectiveEdit
ignorant m or n (feminine singular ignorantă, masculine plural ignoranți, feminine and neuter plural ignorante)
DeclensionEdit
Declension of ignorant
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
| nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | ignorant | ignorantă | ignoranți | ignorante | ||
| definite | ignorantul | ignoranta | ignoranții | ignorantele | |||
| genitive/ dative |
indefinite | ignorant | ignorante | ignoranți | ignorante | ||
| definite | ignorantului | ignorantei | ignoranților | ignorantelor | |||
Serbo-CroatianEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
ignòrant m (Cyrillic spelling игно̀рант)
DeclensionEdit
Declension of ignorant
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ignòrant | ignoranti |
| genitive | ignoranta | ignòranātā |
| dative | ignorantu | ignorantima |
| accusative | ignoranta | ignorante |
| vocative | ignorante | ignoranti |
| locative | ignorantu | ignorantima |
| instrumental | ignorantom | ignorantima |