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adj
Ignorant; characterized by foolish denial of facts or beliefs in that which is not true.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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noun
A member of a secret antiforeigner political organization in the nineteenth-century United States.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, historical
Topics: government, politics
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noun
An ignorant person; one who lacks knowledge.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: ignoramus
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History
Essentially deverbal in nature, albeit not from a unitary phrasal verb. Compare do-nothing § Etymology.
Party members claimed to know nothing about the party when questioned.
