dunce

dunce

D0423800 (dŭns)n. A stupid person; a dolt.

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[After John Duns Scotuswhose writings and philosophy were ridiculed in the 16th century.]

dunce

(dʌns) na person who is stupid or slow to learn[C16: from Dunses or Dunsmen, term of ridicule applied to the followers of John Duns Scotus, especially by 16th-century humanists] ˈdunceˌlike adj

dunce

(dʌns)

n. a dull-witted, stupid, or ignorant person. [1520–30; after John Duns Scotus, whose writings were attacked by the humanists as foolish] dun′ci•cal, dunc′ish, adj. dunc′ish•ly, adv.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

dunce - a stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligenceblockhead, bonehead, dumbass, dunderhead, fuckhead, hammerhead, knucklehead, loggerhead, lunkhead, muttonhead, numskull, shitheaddolt, dullard, pillock, poor fish, pudden-head, pudding head, stupe, stupid, stupid person - a person who is not very bright; "The economy, stupid!"

dunce

noun simpleton, moron, duffer (informal), bonehead (slang), loon (informal), goose (informal), ass, donkey, oaf, dullard, dimwit (informal), ignoramus, nitwit (informal), dolt, blockhead, halfwit, nincompoop, fathead (informal), dunderhead, lamebrain (informal), thickhead, numbskull or numskull He was a dunce at mathematics.

dunce

nounA mentally dull person:blockhead, chump, clod, dolt, dullard, dummkopf, dummy, numskull, thickhead.Slang: dimwit, dumbbell, dumbo.

Translations

傻瓜蠢材

dunce

(dans) noun a person who is slow at learning or stupid. I was an absolute dunce at school. 蠢材，駑鈍的人 蠢材，傻瓜