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==Etymology==
− It is Middle English ignoraunt, [[bor|fro|ignorant]], from Latin ignōrāns, ignōrantem, not knowing,^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024)^(SOED 2002) the present participle of ignōrāre, not to know, to take no notice of (see [[ignore]]),^(Etymonline)^(NODE 1998) from in-, not, and Old Latin gnārus, aware, acquainted with (related to nōscere, to know).^(Etymonline) Its form was influenced by Latin ignōtus, unknown.^(Etymonline)
+ It is [[inh|enm|ignoraunt]], [[bor|fro|ignorant]], from [[la|ignōrāns]], ignōrantem, not knowing,^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024)^(SOED 2002) the present participle of [[m|la|ignōrāre]], not to know, to take no notice of (see [[ignore]]),^(Etymonline)^(NODE 1998) from in-, not, and [[itc-ola|gnārus]], aware, acquainted with (related to nōscere, to know).^(Etymonline) Its form was influenced by [[la|ignōtus]], unknown.^(Etymonline)
==Earliest recorded meaning==