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Dunce Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Dunce? [n] these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence Synonyms \| Synonyms for Dunce: blockhead \| bonehead \| dunderhead \| fuckhead \| hammerhead \| knucklehead \| loggerhead \| lunkhead \| muttonhead \| numskull \| shithead Related Terms \| Find terms related to Dunce: block \| blockhead \| Boeotian \| bonehead \| boob \| booby \| bufflehead \| cabbagehead \| chowderhead \| chucklehead \| chump \| clod \| clodpate \| clodpoll \| cluck \| dabbler \| dilettante \| dimwit \| dodo \| dolt \| dolthead \| donkey \| dope \| drip \| duffer \| dullard \| dullhead \| dumb \| dumb cluck \| dumbbell \| dummy \| fool \| gowk \| greenhorn \| greeny \| ignoramus \| illiterate \| illiterati \| jobbernowl \| know-nothing \| lackwit \| lamebrain \| lightweight \| looby \| loon \| lowbrow \| middlebrow \| niais \| nincompoop \| ninny \| ninnyhammer \| nitwit \| no scholar \| noddy \| puddinghead \| put \| stupid \| tenderfoot \| thickwit \| unintelligentsia \| witling See Also \| simple \| simpleton Dunce In Webster's Dictionary \Dunce\, n. [From Joannes Duns Scotus, a schoolman called the Subtle Doctor, who died in 1308. Originally in the phrase ``a Duns man''. See Note below.] One backward in book learning; a child or other person dull or weak in intellect; a dullard; a dolt. I never knew this town without dunces of figure. --Swift. Note: The schoolmen were often called, after their great leader Duns Scotus, Dunsmen or Duncemen. In the revival of learning they were violently opposed to classical studies; hence, the name of Dunce was applied with scorn and contempt to an opposer of learning, or to one slow at learning, a dullard.

Dunce Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Dunce?

[n] these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence

See Also | simple | simpleton

Dunce In Webster's Dictionary

\Dunce\, n. [From Joannes Duns Scotus, a schoolman called
the Subtle Doctor, who died in 1308. Originally in the phrase
``a Duns man''. See Note below.]
One backward in book learning; a child or other person dull
or weak in intellect; a dullard; a dolt.

      I never knew this town without dunces of figure.
                                               --Swift.

Note: The schoolmen were often called, after their great
      leader Duns Scotus, Dunsmen or Duncemen. In the revival
      of learning they were violently opposed to classical
      studies; hence, the name of Dunce was applied with
      scorn and contempt to an opposer of learning, or to one
      slow at learning, a dullard.

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