dunce
An unintelligent personAn unintelligent person.
» Tom is a dunce.
Значення
значень: 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
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речень: 6Tom is a dunce.
Tom had to wear a dunce cap.
Who usually sits on the dunce's seat?
ruКто обычно сидит на камчатке?
deWer sitzt gewöhnlich auf der Eselbank?
Who usually sits in the dunce's seat?
ruКто обычно сидит на камчатке?
deWer sitzt gewöhnlich auf der Eselbank?
He's a dunce.
ruОн болван.
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мов: 5За значеннями 1
За значеннями 1
Походження
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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