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dunce

[ duhns ]

noun

  1. a dull-witted, stupid, or ignorant person; dolt.

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dunce

/ »åÊŒ²Ô²õ /

noun

  1. a person who is stupid or slow to learn
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ»å³Ü²Ô³¦±ðËŒ±ô¾±°ì±ð, adjective
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

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  • »å³Ü²Ô³¦î€ƒi²õ³ó·ly adverb
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of dunce1

1520–30; after John Duns Scotus, whose writings were attacked by the humanists as foolish
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of dunce1

C16: from Dunses or Dunsmen, term of ridicule applied to the followers of John Duns Scotus , especially by 16th-century humanists
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The dunces who ran the party’s messaging on the economy were the problem.

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It’s about as academically relevant to today’s students as Sadie Hawkins Day, and as necessary as a dunce cap.

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If you do think that he could, please step forward and claim your complimentary dunce cap, and infuse it with your own naivete.

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Ironically, she was punished in school for not being able to keep quiet and put in a corner with a dunce cap on her head.

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But, he said, the rise of Reagan, whom he considered at the time to be an “amiable dunce, and my view hasn’t changed,†made him rethink that decision.

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