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[ duhns ] / dʌns / SEE SYNONYMS FOR dunce ON THESAURUS.COM
nouna dull-witted, stupid, or ignorant person; dolt. Origin of dunce1520–30; after John Duns Scotus, whose writings were attacked by the humanists as foolish SYNONYMS FOR duncedullard, numskull, blockhead, ignoramus, simpleton, nincompoop, ninny. SEE SYNONYMS FOR dunce ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM duncedun·ci·cal, duncish, adjectivedunc·ish·ly, adverbWords nearby dunceDuncan I, Duncan, Isadora, Duncan Phyfe, Duncan Smith, Duncanville, dunce, dunce cap, Dundalk, Dundas, Dundee, Dundee cake Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for dunceBut such branding ostracizes that behavior, like the film should be forced to wear a dunce cap and publicly shamed in the corner. Guardians of the Galaxy’s Chris Pratt Is the Everydude Superhero|Kevin Fallon|August 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST The penalty for a miss is the same as in the sprint (Dunce Lap). Why the Biathlon Makes Bonds of Us All|Brett Singer|February 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST Like the pursuit, there are four stops for shooting, but in lieu of a Dunce Lap each miss adds a full minute to your total time. Why the Biathlon Makes Bonds of Us All|Brett Singer|February 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST If you miss you have to hit the 150m penalty loop, or as I like to call it, the Dunce Lap. Why the Biathlon Makes Bonds of Us All|Brett Singer|February 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
There are two shooting stops, one prone, one standing, Dunce Lap penalty for misses. Why the Biathlon Makes Bonds of Us All|Brett Singer|February 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST I think the most perthetic pictur in the hole lot is the one called "the Dunce." Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 93, July 16, 1887|Various The boy above Newton having kicked him, the dunce showed his pluck by challenging him to a fight, and beat him. The Queen was not at chapel to-day, and all for the better, for we had a dunce to preach: she has a little of the gout. The Journal to Stella|Jonathan Swift He was long described by his Spartan mother, who thought him a dunce, as only ‘food for powder.’ Your dunce who can't do his sums always has a taste for the infinite. Felix Holt, The Radical|George Eliot
British Dictionary definitions for dunce
nouna person who is stupid or slow to learn Derived forms of dunceduncelike, adjectiveWord Origin for dunceC16: from Dunses or Dunsmen, term of ridicule applied to the followers of John Duns Scotus, especially by 16th-century humanists 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 Words related to dunceass, donkey, twit, blockhead, pinhead, lightweight, nerd, dolt, bonehead, oaf, half-wit, idiot, nitwit, buffoon, moron, nincompoop, fool, goof, jerk, dullard |