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
Приклади
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? — Balamax
deWer sitzt gewöhnlich auf der Eselbank? — Balamax
Who usually sits in the dunce's seat?
ruКто обычно сидит на камчатке? — Balamax
deWer sitzt gewöhnlich auf der Eselbank? — Balamax
He's a dunce.
ruОн болван. — marafon
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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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