Ignorant

4 definitions found

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

  Ignorant \Ig"no*rant\, a. [F., fr. L. ignorans, -antis, p. pr.
     of ignorare to be ignorant. See {Ignore}.]
     1. Destitute of knowledge; uninstructed or uninformed;
        untaught; unenlightened.
        [1913 Webster]
  


              He that doth not know those things which are of use
              for him to know, is but an ignorant man, whatever he
              may know besides.                     --Tillotson.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Unacquainted with; unconscious or unaware; -- used with
        of.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Ignorant of guilt, I fear not shame.  --Dryden.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. Unknown; undiscovered. [Obs.]
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Ignorant concealment.                 --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Alas, what ignorant sin have I committed? --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. Resulting from ignorance; foolish; silly.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              His shipping,
              Poor ignorant baubles! -- on our terrible seas,
              Like eggshells moved.                 --Shak.
  
     Syn: Uninstructed; untaught; unenlightened; uninformed;
          unlearned; unlettered; illiterate. -- {Ignorant},
          {Illiterate}. Ignorant denotes lack of knowledge, either
          as to single subject or information in general;
          illiterate refers to an ignorance of letters, or of
          knowledge acquired by reading and study. In the Middle
          Ages, a great proportion of the higher classes were
          illiterate, and yet were far from being ignorant,
          especially in regard to war and other active pursuits.
          [1913 Webster]
  
                In such business
                Action is eloquence, and the eyes of the ignorant
                More learned than the ears.         --Shak.
          [1913 Webster]
  
                In the first ages of Christianity, not only the
                learned and the wise, but the ignorant and
                illiterate, embraced torments and death.
                                                    --Tillotson.
          [1913 Webster]

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

  Ignorant \Ig"no*rant\, n.
     A person untaught or uninformed; one unlettered or unskilled;
     an ignoramous.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Did I for this take pains to teach
           Our zealous ignorants to preach?         --Denham.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  ignorant
       adj 1: lacking general education or knowledge; "an ignorant man";
              "nescient of contemporary literature"; "an unlearned
              group incapable of understanding complex issues";
              "exhibiting contempt for his unlettered companions"
              [syn: {nescient}, {unenlightened}, {unlearned}, {unlettered}]
       2: ignorant of the fundamentals of a given art or branch of
          knowledge; "ignorant of quantum mechanics"; "musically
          illiterate" [syn: {illiterate}]
       3: lacking basic knowledge; "how can someone that age be so
          ignorant?"; "inexperienced and new to the real world"
          [syn: {inexperienced}]
       4: used of things; lacking sense or awareness; "ignorant hope";
          "fine innocent weather" [syn: {innocent}]
       5: lacking knowledge or skill; "unversed in the jargon of the
          social scientist" [syn: {unversed}] [ant: {versed}]
       6: lacking information or knowledge; "an unknowledgeable
          assistant" [syn: {unknowledgeable}, {unknowing}, {unwitting}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  122 Moby Thesaurus words for "ignorant":
     a novice at, a stranger to, awkward, benighted, blankminded,
     boorish, brainless, callow, crude, disaccustomed, discourteous,
     dumb, empty, empty-headed, foolish, fresh, gauche, green,
     green as grass, groping, gross, headless, ill-mannered, illiterate,
     immature, impolite, in the dark, inane, incognizant, inept,
     inexperienced, ingenuous, innocent, insensate, irrational,
     know-nothing, lackbrained, lean-minded, lean-witted, lowbrow,
     mindless, naive, nescient, new to, not bright, oblivious,
     of little brain, pea-brained, pin-brained, raw, reasonless, rude,
     rusty, senseless, simple, slackminded, slackwitted, strange to,
     tentative, unaccustomed, unaccustomed to, unacquainted,
     unacquainted with, unapprized, unaware, uncivil, uncomprehending,
     unconscious, unconversant, unconversant with, uncouth, uncultured,
     undeveloped, uneducated, unenlightened, unexperienced, unfamiliar,
     unfamiliar with, unfledged, ungifted, unhabituated, unhardened,
     unilluminated, uninformed, uninitiated, uninitiated in,
     uninstructed, unintellectual, unintelligent, uninured, unknowing,
     unlearned, unlettered, unmatured, unposted, unpracticed,
     unpracticed in, unprogressive, unread, unreasoning, unripe,
     unschooled, unseasoned, unskilled in, unsophisticated, unsure,
     untalented, untaught, unthinking, untrained, untried, untutored,
     unused, unused to, unversed, unversed in, unwise, unwitting,
     unwonted, vacuous, weaned, witless