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==Etymology==
− It is Middle English ignoraunce, [[bor|fro|ignorance]], from Latin ignōrantia, want of knowledge,^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986)^(MWU 2024) from ignōrāns, the present participle of ignōrāre, not to know, to disregard (see [[ignorant]], [[ignore]]).^(Hoad 1986)^(NODE 1998)^(Cresswell 2021)
+ It is [[inh|enm|ignoraunce]], [[bor|fro|ignorance]], from [[la|ignōrantia]], want of knowledge,^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986)^(MWU 2024) from [[m|la|ignōrāns]], the present participle of [[m|la|ignōrāre]], not to know, to disregard (see [[ignorant]], [[ignore]]).^(Hoad 1986)^(NODE 1998)^(Cresswell 2021)
==Earliest recorded meaning==