noun · rare

dunce

dunce · dunces

індичка, індик, індичатина

идиот, тупица, балда, неуч

Dummkopf, Schwachkopf, Einfaltspinsel, Dämel

An unintelligent personAn unintelligent person.

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/dʌns/

» Tom is a dunce.

Meaning

1 senses

An unintelligent person.
Dummkopf, Schwachkopf, Dämel
не́учnéuč, идио́тidiót, балда́baldá

More definitions

a stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence

Examples

6 sentences

Tom is a dunce.
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Tom had to wear a dunce cap.
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Who usually sits on the dunce's seat?
ruКто обычно сидит на камчатке?
deWer sitzt gewöhnlich auf der Eselbank?
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Who usually sits in the dunce's seat?
ruКто обычно сидит на камчатке?
deWer sitzt gewöhnlich auf der Eselbank?
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He's a dunce.
ruОн болван.
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Translations

5 languages

Русский

By meaning 1

unintelligent person:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

unintelligent person:

Origin

1530, named after John Duns Scotus (c. 1266–1308). Scotus was ironically a well-known Scot

1530, 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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