Ignorantines, ig-nō-ran′tīnz, n.pl. (R.C.) name of a religious congregation of men devoted to the instruction of poor children—now better known as the Brothers of Christian Schools.
Ignore, ig-nōr′, v.t. wilfully to disregard: to set aside. [Fr.,—L. ignorāre, not to know—in, not, and gno-, root of (g)noscĕre, to know.]
Iguana, i-gwä′na, n. a genus of thick-tongued arboreal lizards in tropical America. [Sp., prob. Haytian.]
Iguanodon, i-gwä′no-don, n. a large extinct herbivorous reptile, with teeth like those of the iguana. [Iguana, and Gr. odous, odontos, a tooth.]
Ileac, il′e-ak, adj., Ileum, il′e-um, n. See Iliac.
Ilex, ī′leks, n. the scientific name for Holly (which see): the evergreen or holm oak. [L.]
Iliac, il′i-ak, adj. pertaining to the lower intestines.—ns. Il′eum, the lower part of the smaller intestine in man; Il′ium, the upper part of the hip-bone:—pl. Il′ia.—Ileus, Ileac, or Iliac passion, a severe colic with vomiting, &c. [Fr., through a Low L. iliacus—ilia, the flanks, the groin.]
Iliad, il′i-ad, n. an epic poem by Homer, giving an account of the destruction of Ilium or ancient Troy. [L. Ilias, Iliadis—Gr. Ilias, Iliados, a poem relating to Ilium, the city of Ilos, its founder.]
Ilk, ilk, adj. the same.—Of that ilk, of that same, used in connection with a man whose name is the same as that of his ancestral estate—often used erroneously for 'of that kind.' [A.S. ilc, ylc, from y- or i- (base of he), and líc=like.]
Ilka, il′ka, adj. (Scot.) each. [A.S. ǽlc, each.]