IG'NORANT, a. [L. ignorans.] 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.
1. Unknown; undiscovered; a poetical use; as ignorant concealment.
2. Unacquainted with.
Ignorant of guilt, I fear not shame.
3. Unskillfully made or done. [Not legitimate.]
Poor ignorant baubles.
IG'NORANT, n. A person untaught or uninformed; one unlettered or unskilled.
Did I for this take pains to teach
Our zealous ignorants to preach?
