Ignoramuses

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ignoramus \Ig`no*ra"mus\, n. [L., we are ignorant. See
     {Ignore}.]
     1. (Law) We are ignorant; we ignore; -- being the word
        formerly written on a bill of indictment by a grand jury
        when there was not sufficient evidence to warrant them in
        finding it a true bill. The phrase now used is, "No bill,"


        "No true bill," or "Not found," though in some
        jurisdictions "Ignored" is still used. --Wharton (Law
        Dict. ). Burn.
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     2. (pl. {Ignoramuses}.) A stupid, ignorant person; a vain
        pretender to knowledge; a dunce.
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              An ignoramus in place and power.      --South.
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