Definition for IG'NO-RANT

IG'NO-RANT, a. [L. ignorans.]

  1. Destitute of knowledge; uninstructed or uninformed; untaught; unenlightened. A man may be ignorant of the law, or of any art or science. He may be ignorant of his own rights, or of the rights of others.
  2. Unknown; undiscovered; a poetical use; as, ignorant concealment. Shak.
  3. Unacquainted with. Ignorant of guilt, I fear not shame. Dryden.
  4. Unskillfully made or done. [Not legitimate.] Poor ignorant baubles. Shak.

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