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    dunce
    /dəns/

    noun

    • 1. a person who is slow at learning; a stupid person: "he was baffled by arithmetic and they called him a dunce at school"

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  2. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › dunceDunce - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms - Vocabulary.com

    A dunce is a dummy — someone who isn't smart. You might be tempted to call your little brother a dunce when he walks out the door with his shoes on the wrong feet.

  3. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definition › englishdunce noun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes...

    Definition of dunce noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

  4. www.thefreedictionary.com › dunceDunce - definition of dunce by The Free Dictionary

    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.

  5. www.collinsdictionary.com › us › dictionaryDUNCE definition in American English - Collins Online Dictionary

    If you say that someone is a dunce, you think they are stupid because they find it difficult or impossible to learn what someone is trying to teach them. [ disapproval ] Michael may have been a dunce at mathematics, but he was gifted at languages.

  6. www.todayifoundout.com › index › 2017The Origin of the Word Dunce - Today I Found Out

    Jan 7, 2017 · Olivia B. asks: Where did the word dunce come from and who came up with the dunce cap? The word dunce derives from the name of an extremely accomplished religious scholar- John Duns Scotus (1265/66-1308), an influential philosopher and theologian of the High Middle Ages.

  7. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › thesaurusDUNCE - 10 Synonyms and Antonyms - Cambridge English

    These are words and phrases related to dunce. Click on any word or phrase to go to its thesaurus page. Or, go to the definition of dunce.

  8. www.oed.com › dictionary › dunce_vdunce, v. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English...

    OED's earliest evidence for dunce is from 1584, in the writing of Robert Greene, writer and playwright. It is also recorded as a noun from the mid 1500s. dunce is formed within English, by conversion.

  9. www.wordsense.eu › duncedunce: meaning, translation - WordSense

    WordSense Dictionary: dunce - meaning, definition, translations, origin.