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IGNORANT, adj. Also illiterate form iggerant. Sc. usages: ill-mannered, presumptuous, forward (Uls. 1880 Patterson Gl.). Gen.Sc. Also in Eng. dials.Uls. 1903 Pilot (30 May) 522:
She would no doubt have deemed it “very ignorant” on her part to attempt a more definite explanation. . . . The term would be considered specially appropriate to those who presumptuously rush in where angels fear to tread . . . and who in general take too much upon them or disregard superior claims.Fif. 1950 Scots Mag. (July) 263:
You iggerant, impident, shilpit, wee scunner!
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