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Definition or meaning of the English word Ignoramus
" 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 foun (n.).
A stupid; ignorant person; a vain pretender to knowledge; a dunce. (n.).