This is what Mr. Ralph means when he says Field was no ignoramus in his madness.
"Eugene Field, A Study In Heredity And Contradictions"
Slason Thompson
I'm an ignoramus with marvellous instincts in certain directions.
"The Way of Ambition"
Robert Hichens
It is ten years since John Milton, or Robert Southey, or Sir William Hamilton have been out of their places, and that was when an ignoramus broke into the study.
"Around The Tea-Table"
T. De Witt Talmage