Contents -AUTHOR INDEX -BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD

Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922.

Class IV. Words Relating to the Intellectual Faculties
Division (I) Formation of Ideas
Section V. Results of Reasoning

493. Ignoramus.

   NOUN:IGNORAMUS, illiterate, dunce, duffer, woodenhead [colloq.], bonehead [slang], solid ivory [slang], numskull [colloq.], wooden spoon [Cambridge Univ., Eng., cant]; no scholar.
  SCIOLIST, smatterer, dabbler, half scholar; charlatan; wiseacre.
  NOVICE, tenderfoot; greenhorn (dupe) [See Dupe]; plebe or pleb [cant, U. S.]; tyro (learner) [See Learner]; lubber (bungler) [See Bungler]; fool [See Fool].
   ADJECTIVE:BOOKLESS, shallow, simple, lumpish, dull, dumb [colloq., U. S.], dense, crass, imbecile; wise in his own conceit; ignorant [See Ignorance].
   QUOTATIONS:

1. A wit with dunces and a dunce with wits.—Pope
2. Oh! these deliberate fools!—Merchant of Venice