dunce

dunce  (dns)

n.

A stupid person; a dolt.

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

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dunce [dʌns]

n

a person who is stupid or slow to learn

[from Dunses or Dunsmen, term of ridicule applied to the followers of John Duns Scotus (?1265-1308), Scottish scholastic theologian and Franciscan priest, especially by 16th-century humanists]

duncelike  adj

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

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

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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.

Translations

dunce [dʌns] N (Scol) → zopenco/a m/f

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dunce [ˈdʌns] n (= stupid person) → âne m, cancre m

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dunce

n (Sch) → langsamer Lerner or Schüler; (= stupid person) → Dummkopf m; to be a dunce at maths → eine Niete or schlecht in Mathe sein (inf); the dunce of the class → das Schlusslicht der Klasse; dunce’s cap spitzer Papierhut, der früher zur Strafe dem schlechtesten Schüler aufgesetzt wurde

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dunce [dʌns] n (Scol) → asino/a, somaro/a

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dunce [dʌns] n (Scol) → asino/a, somaro/a

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dunce

n dunce [dans]

a person who is slow at learning or stupid I was an absolute dunce at school. stommerik غَبي тъпак špatný žák, hlupák fæ; umulius der Dummkopf κούτσουρο (μτφ.) tonto puupea آدم کند ذهن tomppeli cancre טֶמבֵּל, סָתוּם मूर्ख, जड़, मूढ़मति budala, glupak nehézfejű (gyerek) anak bodoh tossi somaro ばか 바보 bukagalvis, asilas grūtgalvis; stulbenis lembap domkop narr, tosk osioł bobo nătâng; tâmpit тупица zlý žiak, lajdák slab učenec neznalica dumhuvud คนสมองทึบ aptal, budala kimse 笨伯；低能兒 бовдур کند ذہن آدمی người tối dạ 笨伯；低能儿