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duncery, dunsery|ˈdʌnsərɪ, ˈdʌnsrɪ|
[f. dunce: see -ery.]
†1. The practice, style, or character of a Scotist or Schoolman. Obs.
1560–70Sir T. Smith Orat. iv. in Life (1698) App. 81 Here you come with your fine and logical Distinction..as tho' we were in a School of Dunsery. 1641Milton Ch. Govt. ii. (1851) 148 Prelaty, under whose inquisitorious and tyrannical duncery no free and splendid wit can flourish. 1683Kennett Erasm. on Folly (1709) 75 The more of duncery they have, the more of pride, and the greater is their ambition. 1687Refl. Dryden's Hind & P. 25 The Author of Pax Vobis..your brother in Scholastick Duncery.
2. The state, character, or practice of a dunce or dullard; intellectual dullness, stupidity.
1615E. Hoby Curry-combe i. 17 He shewed more foolery then Philosophy, more Dunsery then Diuinity. 1715Prideaux Art. Reform. in Universities xxiv. in Life (1748) 216 To the discouragement of learning, and the encouragement of duncery and idleness. 1881Swinburne in Fortn. Rev. Feb. 151 The detestable duncery of sham Pindarics. |