ignote

English

Etymology

Latin ignotus; prefix in- (“not”) + gnotus, notus (“known”), past participle of gnocere, nocere (“to learn, to know”).

Adjective

ignote (comparative more ignote, superlative most ignote)

  1. (obsolete) unknown
    • John Aubrey
      I am an ignote fellow and but of little learning.
    • Sir E. Sandys
      A traveller passing through the confines of ignote countries.

Noun

ignote (plural ignotes)

  1. (obsolete) One who is unknown.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Bishop Hacket to this entry?)

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for ignote in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

Italian

Adjective

ignote

  1. feminine plural of ignoto

Latin

Adjective

ignōte

  1. vocative masculine singular of ignōtus
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