IGNORANT
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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.
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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.
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2. Unacquainted with; unconscious or unaware; -- used with of.
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Ignorant of guilt, I fear not shame.
Dryden.
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3. Unknown; undiscovered. [Obs.]
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Ignorant concealment.
Shak.
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Alas, what ignorant sin have I committed?
Shak.
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4. Resulting from ignorance; foolish; silly.
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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.
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In such business
Action is eloquence, and the eyes of the ignorant
More learned than the ears.
Shak.
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In the first ages of Christianity, not only the learned and the wise, but the ignorant and illiterate, embraced torments and death.
Tillotson.
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Ig"no*rant, n. A person untaught or uninformed; one unlettered or unskilled; an ignoramous.
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Did I for this take pains to teach
Our zealous ignorants to preach?
Denham.
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