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ignoramo

ignoramo noun: a foolish and ignorant person; an ignoramus.

Noun

ignoramo (plural ignoramos or ignoramoes)

  1. (colloquial, rare) A foolish and ignorant person; an ignoramus.
    • 'Did you see him when I asked him his opinion of the new champers?' Biddy tittered. 'He went red as fire! What an ignoramo!'2001, Jonathan Gash [pseudonym; John Grant], Every Last Cent, Bath, Somerset: Chivers Press, →ISBN, page 236

Forms of ignoramo

pluralignoramos
pluralignoramoes

Origin of ignoramo

Clipping of ignoramus + -o. Possibly modelled on Spanish and Italian verb forms ending in -o.

Questions about ignoramo

What does ignoramo mean?
Ignoramo means a foolish and ignorant person; an ignoramus.
What part of speech is ignoramo?
Ignoramo is a noun.
What is the plural of ignoramo?
The plural of ignoramo is ignoramos.

Words near ignoramo in the dictionary

  1. ignorables
  2. ignorably
  3. ignoral
  4. ignorals
  5. ignorami
  6. ignoramo
  7. ignoramoes
  8. ignoramos
  9. ignoramous
  10. ignoramouses
  11. ignoramus

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