dunce

dunce

 (dŭns)

n.

A stupid person; a dolt.

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[After John Duns Scotuswhose 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

[C16: from Dunses or Dunsmen, term of ridicule applied to the followers of John Duns Scotus, especially by 16th-century humanists]

ˈdunceˌlike adj

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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.

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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.

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dunce

noun

A mentally dull person:

blockhead, chump, clod, dolt, dullard, dummkopf, dummy, numskull, thickhead.

Slang: dimwit, dumbbell, dumbo.

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Translations

غَبي

hlupákšpatný žák

fæumulius

BlinseBlödmannDummkopf

cancre

nehézfejű

tossi

tonto

grūtgalvisstulbenis

narr

lajdákzlý žiak

aptalbudala kimse

傻瓜蠢材

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

(dans) noun

a person who is slow at learning or stupid. I was an absolute dunce at school. stommerik غَبي тъпак bobo špatný žák, hlupák der Dummkopf fæ; umulius κούτσουροtonto puupea آدم کند ذهن tomppeli cancreטמבל, סתום मूर्ख, जड़, मूढ़मति budala, glupak nehézfejű (gyerek) anak bodoh tossi somaro ばか 바보 bukagalvis, asilas grūtgalvis; stulbenis lembap domkopnarr, toskosioł غړندى سړى bobo nătâng; tâmpit тупица zlý žiak, lajdák slab učenec neznalica dumhuvud คนสมองทึบ aptal, budala kimse 蠢材，駑鈍的人 бовдур کند ذہن آدمی người tối dạ 蠢材，傻瓜

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