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)
- (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.
- John Aubrey
Noun
ignote (plural ignotes)
- (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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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.)
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