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1 dunce
(a person who is slow at learning or stupid: I was an absolute dunce at school.) narr, tosksubst. \/dʌns\/dumrian, fehode
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dunce — ► NOUN ▪ a person who is slow at learning. ORIGIN originally a name for a follower of the 13th century Scottish theologian John Duns Scotus, whose followers were ridiculed by humanists and reformers as enemies of learning … English terms dictionary
dunce's cap — noun a cone shaped paper hat formerly placed on the head of slow or lazy pupils • Syn: ↑dunce cap, ↑fool s cap • Hypernyms: ↑hat, ↑chapeau, ↑lid * * * noun see dunce cap * * * … Useful english dictionary
dunce cap — noun a cone shaped paper hat formerly placed on the head of slow or lazy pupils • Syn: ↑dunce s cap, ↑fool s cap • Hypernyms: ↑hat, ↑chapeau, ↑lid * * * noun or … Useful english dictionary
dunce — noun a person who is slow at learning. Word History Dunce was originally a name for a follower of the 13th century Scottish theologian John Duns Scotus, whose system of theology and philosophy, known as scholasticism, with its emphasis on… … English new terms dictionary
dunce cap — noun a) A conical hat one is forced to wear to indicate he is a dunce. b) The topological space obtained by identifying the sides comprising the boundary of a triangle, two sides with consistent orientation and the third with the … Wiktionary
dunce hat — noun a) A conical hat one is forced to wear to indicate he is a dunce. b) The topological space obtained by identifying the sides comprising the boundary of a triangle, two sides with consistent orientation and the third with the reverse … Wiktionary
dunce's cap — ► NOUN ▪ a paper cone formerly put on the head of a dunce at school as a mark of disgrace … English terms dictionary
dunce cap — noun Date: 1840 a conical cap formerly used as a punishment for slow learners at school called also dunce s cap … New Collegiate Dictionary
dunce's cap — noun see dunce cap … New Collegiate Dictionary
dunce — noun Dunce is used before these nouns: ↑cap … Collocations dictionary
dunce — [ dʌns ] noun count OLD FASHIONED 1. ) HUMOROUS a stupid person 2. ) OFFENSIVE someone, especially a child, who has difficulty learning things … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English