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dunce
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dunce  (dns)
n.
A stupid person; a dolt.

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

dunce
Noun
Brit, Austral & NZ a person who is stupid or slow to learn [Dunses, term of ridicule applied to the followers of John Duns Scotus, scholastic theologian]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.duncedunce - a stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence
dolt, 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
Translations
dunce [dʌns] nzopenco

dunce [dʌns] nâne m, cancre m

dunce [dʌns] nNiete f

dunce [dʌns] nasino

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 aasi cancre טֶמבֵּל, סָתוּם मूर्ख, जड़, मूढ़मति budala, glupak nehézfejű (gyerek) anak bodoh tossi somaro ばか 바보, 머리가 나쁜 사람 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


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