What's the difference between alphabetarian and ignoramus?

Alphabetarian


Definition:

  • (n.) A learner of the alphabet; an abecedarian.

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Ignoramus


Definition:

  • (n.) 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 found," though in some jurisdictions "Ignored" is still used.
  • (n.) A stupid, ignorant person; a vain pretender to knowledge; a dunce.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Similarly, while those in the City continue to adopt a Millwall FC-style attitude of "no one likes us, we don't care", there is no incentive for them to heed the advice and demands of the public, who those in the Square Mile prefer to dismiss as intemperate ignoramuses.
  • (2) Bill Bishop, the publisher of the influential Sinocism newsletter , said he believed Beijing was revelling in a once-inconceivable opportunity to contrast its “adult leadership” with the “deranged, ignoramus” one that had taken up residence in the White House: “It is an absolute gift from Trump, both from a short-term PR perspective, but also from a longer-term perspective.” Facebook Twitter Pinterest Xi meets a children’s choir in Kehrsatz, Switzerland during his visit to the 2017 Davos forum.
  • (3) Stupid ignoramus slid out of his mouth like music."
  • (4) In general, he is scathing of oligarchs as a class - describing them as a bunch of uncultured ignoramuses.
  • (5) They were just ludicrous ignoramuses compared to me, and I became a Jesus-like figure in my own head.

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