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Origin of Phrases - I
Ignoramus
It's Latin for "we do not know why." By the 17th century the term referred almost exclusively to "ignorant, arrogant attorneys," thanks in large part to a 1615 play in which the main character was a stupid lawyer named Ignoramus.