ignote

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪɡˈnəʊt/
• Rhymes: -əʊt

Adjective

ignote (comparative more ignote, superlative most ignote)

1. (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.

Noun

ignote (plural ignotes)

1. (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.

Anagrams

• Œting, gonite, genito-, toeing, gone it, Gionet

Italian

Adjective

ignote

1. feminine plural of ignoto

Anagrams

• -genito, genito-, tigone

Latin

Adjective

ignōte

1. vocative masculine singular of ignōtus