ignorant
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- ignoraunt (obsolete)
Etymology edit
From Old French ignorant. By surface analysis, ignore + -ant.
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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[2], London: Henry Herringman, act II, page 14:
- 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.
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Noun edit
ignorant (plural ignorants)
- One who is ignorant.
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Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Latin ignōrantem.
Adjective edit
ignorant m or f (masculine and feminine plural ignorants)
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Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
ignorant
Further reading edit
- “ignorant” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “ignorant”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “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.
Czech edit
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Noun edit
ignorant m anim
Declension edit
singular | plural | |
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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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Danish edit
Etymology edit
From Latin ignōrāns (“not knowing”).
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ignorant (plural and definite singular attributive ignorante)
Inflection edit
ignorant
Noun edit
ignorant c (singular definite ignoranten, plural indefinite ignoranter)
Inflection edit
common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | ignorant | ignoranten | ignoranter | ignoranterne |
genitive | ignorants | ignorantens | ignoranters | ignoranternes |
Dutch edit
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ignorant (comparative ignoranter, superlative ignorantst)
Inflection edit
Inflection of ignorant | ||||
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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 | — |
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Latin ignōrantem.
Adjective edit
ignorant (feminine ignorante, masculine plural ignorants, feminine plural ignorantes)
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Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Participle edit
ignorant
Further reading edit
- “ignorant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
German edit
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Adjective edit
ignorant (strong nominative masculine singular ignoranter, comparative ignoranter, superlative am ignorantesten)
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Latin edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /iɡˈnoː.rant/, [ɪŋˈnoːrän̪t̪]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /iɲˈɲo.rant/, [iɲˈɲɔːrän̪t̪]
Etymology 1 edit
Verb edit
ignōrant
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
ignōrant
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Adjective edit
ignorant m (feminine singular ignoranta, masculine plural ignorants, feminine plural ignorantas)
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Piedmontese edit
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Adjective edit
ignorant
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Noun edit
ignorant m
- ignorant (person)
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin ignōrantis.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ignorant m pers (female equivalent ignorantka)
Declension edit
singular | plural | |
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nominative | ignorant | ignoranci/ignoranty (deprecative) |
genitive | ignoranta | ignorantów |
dative | ignorantowi | ignorantom |
accusative | ignoranta | ignorantów |
instrumental | ignorantem | ignorantami |
locative | ignorancie | ignorantach |
vocative | ignorancie | ignoranci |
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Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French ignorant.
Adjective edit
ignorant m or n (feminine singular ignorantă, masculine plural ignoranți, feminine and neuter plural ignorante)
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singular | plural | ||||||
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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-Croatian edit
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Noun edit
ignòrant m (Cyrillic spelling игно̀рант)
Declension edit
singular | plural | |
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nominative | ignòrant | ignoranti |
genitive | ignoranta | ignòranātā |
dative | ignorantu | ignorantima |
accusative | ignoranta | ignorante |
vocative | ignorante | ignoranti |
locative | ignorantu | ignorantima |
instrumental | ignorantom | ignorantima |