play ignorant

and play dumb

to pretend to be ignorant [of something]. I played ignorant even though I knew about the surprise party. John played dumb when I asked him if he knew who had been on the telephone.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Chestirad	-	Medieval Slavic (Hypothetical)
Baldry	['bɔ:ldri]
Dickson	['diksn]
Gwenfrewi	-	Welsh
Dechen	-	Tibetan, Bhutanese
Enkhjargal	-	Mongolian