ignote
English
Etymology
Latin ignotus; prefix in- (“not”) + gnotus, notus (“known”), past participle of gnocere, nocere (“to learn, to know”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɪɡˈnəʊt/
Adjective
ignote (comparative more ignote, superlative most ignote)
- (obsolete) unknown
- a. 1697, John Aubrey, letter
- I am an ignote fellow and but of little learning.
- 1634, Miles Sandys, Essays:
- A traveller passing through the confines of ignote countries.
- a. 1697, John Aubrey, letter
Noun
ignote (plural ignotes)
- (obsolete) One who is unknown.
- 1693, John Hacket, Scrinia Reserata:
- More light is opened to this in a Letter that an Ignote Wrote to K. Jumes
References
- “ignote”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Latin
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