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Blockhead vs Ignoramus - What's the difference?

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Blockhead is a related term of ignoramus.


As nouns the difference between blockhead and ignoramus

is that blockhead is (colloquial) a stupid person while ignoramus is a totally ignorant person—unknowledgeable, uneducated, or uninformed; a fool or ignoramus can be (legal|dated) a grand jury's ruling on an indictment when the evidence is determined to be insufficient to send the case to trial.

blockhead

English

Alternative forms

* block head, block-head

Noun

(en noun)
  • (colloquial) A stupid person.
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=1764 , author=Horace Walpole , title=The Castle of Otranto , passage=So I think, blockheads , said Manfred: what is it has scared you thus?}}

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * blockheaded * blockheadess

    ignoramus

    English

    Etymology 1

    After the ignorant lawyer Ignoramus, the titular character in the 1615 play by the English playwright Georges Ruggle; from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • A totally ignorant person—unknowledgeable, uneducated, or uninformed; a fool.
    • Synonyms
    * See also

    Etymology 2

    Directly from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (ignoramuses)
  • (legal, dated) A grand jury's ruling on an indictment when the evidence is determined to be insufficient to send the case to trial.
    • English eponyms ----