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dunce
[ duhns ]
noun
- a dull-witted, stupid, or ignorant person; dolt.
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dunce
/ ʌԲ /
noun
- a person who is stupid or slow to learn
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Derived Forms
- ˈܲԳˌ, adjective
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Other 51Թ Forms
- ܲc· ܲԳi adjective
- ܲԳi·ly adverb
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51Թ 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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51Թ 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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