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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=1611|origins=la ignorare}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: UK /ɪɡˈnɔː/, US /ɪɡˈnɔːr/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|fr|ignorer|t=to be unaware of]] or directly from [[la|ignōrāre|t=not to know; to disregard]],^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988) from ignārus “not knowing”,^(Barnhart 1988)^(MWU 2024) from i-, a form of in- “not”, and Old Latin gnārus “aware”,^(Barnhart 1988)^(MWU 2024) related to gnōscere, nōscere “to come to know”,^(Barnhart 1988) the source of [[know]].^(Barnhart 1988)^(MWU 2024) It was probably a dictionary word, influenced by [[ignorance]] and [[ignorant]].^(Barnhart 1988)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Not to know, to be ignorant of: 1611 in the OED and Barnhart, in Cotgrave's Dictionary, a sense now obsolete.^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1988) The NODE dates that sense to the late 15th century.^(NODE 1998)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The modern sense, to pay no attention to, to disregard deliberately, is from 1801,^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) and the OED notes that it was uncommon before about 1850.^(Etymonline) Of a grand jury, to reject a bill as not true, is from 1830.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1611 – not to know.^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * 1801 – to disregard.^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * 1830 – of a grand jury, to reject a bill.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To pay no [[attention]] to someone or something deliberately.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # To fail to take account of something.^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[ignorable]]

+ * [[ignorer]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[ignorance]]

+ * [[ignorant]]

+ * [[know]]

+ * [[ignoramus]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}