Ignoramus
Nouns
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ignoramus, dunce
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wooden spoon
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no scholar. [insulting terms for ignorant person:] (imbecility) Imbecility. Folly (folly) Fool moron, imbecile, idiot
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fool, jerk, nincompoop, asshole [Vulg.]. [person with superficial knowledge] dilettante, sciolist, smatterer, dabbler, half scholar
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charlatan
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wiseacre. greenhorn, amateur etc. (dupe) Dupe
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novice, tyro etc. (learner) Learner
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numskull. lubber etc. (bungler) Bungler
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fool etc. Fool
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pedant etc. Scholar.
Phrases
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a wit with dunces and a dunce with wits" [Pope].