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ignote

/ɪɡˈnəʊt/

ignote adjective: unknown.

Adjective

ignote (comparative more ignote, superlative most ignote)

  1. (obsolete) unknown
    • a. 1697, John Aubrey, letter
      I am an ignote fellow and but of little learning.
    • A traveller passing through the confines of ignote countries.1634, Miles Sandys, Essays

Noun

ignote (plural ignotes)

  1. (obsolete) One who is unknown.
    • More light is opened to this in a Letter that an Ignote Wrote to K. Jumes1693, John Hacket, Scrinia Reserata

Forms of ignote

Adjective
comparativemore ignote
superlativemost ignote
Noun
pluralignotes

Origin of ignote

From Latin ignotus; prefix in- (“not”) + gnotus, notus (“known”), past participle of gnocere, nocere (“to learn, to know”).

Words that rhyme with ignote

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Questions about ignote

What does ignote mean?
Ignote means unknown.
What part of speech is ignote?
Ignote can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce ignote?
Ignote is pronounced /ɪɡˈnəʊt/.

Words near ignote in the dictionary

  1. ignoscible
  2. ignosterol
  3. ignostic
  4. ignosticism
  5. ignostics
  6. ignote
  7. ignotes
  8. ignotum
  9. ignotum per ignotius
  10. Ignotum tomato
  11. IGNs

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