dunce
An unintelligent personAn unintelligent person.
» Tom is a dunce.
Значение
значений: 1An unintelligent person.
Dummkopf, Schwachkopf, Dämel
не́учnéuč, идио́тidiót, балда́baldá
- a stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence
Примеры
предложений: 6Tom is a dunce.
Who usually sits on the dunce's seat?
Кто обычно сидит на камчатке?
deWer sitzt gewöhnlich auf der Eselbank?
Who usually sits in the dunce's seat?
Кто обычно сидит на камчатке?
deWer sitzt gewöhnlich auf der Eselbank?
He's a dunce.
Он болван.
Tom had to wear a dunce cap.
Переводы
языков: 5По значениям 1
По значениям 1
Происхождение
1530, named after John Duns Scotus (c. 1266–1308). Scotus was ironically a well-known Scot1530, named after John Duns Scotus (c. 1266–1308). Scotus was ironically a well-known Scottish thinker; his followers, however, opposed the philosophers of the Renaissance, and thus "dunce" was first used to describe someone rejecting new knowledge in 1530; later, any person deemed stupid.
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