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The answer DUNCE has 159 possible clue(s) in existing crosswords.
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Definitions of dunce in various dictionaries:
noun - a stupid person
A person regarded as stupid.
adj - a stupid person [n -S] : DUNCICAL, DUNCISH
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| Numbskull |
| Last in the class |
| Cap of yore |
| Chucklehead |
| Kind of cap |
| No Mensa member |
| One wearing a conical cap |
| Airhead |
| Hardly a Mensa member |
| Class fool |
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| We're not sure if he was one, but John Duns Scotus' name gave us this word, meaning an ignorant person |
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| A stupid person a dolt. |
| a person who is slow at learning a stupid person. |
| these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence |
| a person who is slow to learn or stupid, especially at school |
| A person who is slow at learning a stupid person. |
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A dunce is a person considered incapable of learning. The word is derived from the name of the Scottish Scholastic theologian and philosopher John Duns Scotus, also referred to as Doctor Subtillis, or "Subtle Doctor", whose works on logic, theology, and philosophy were accepted textbooks in the universities from the fourteenth century. * The followers of Duns Scotus were called the Dunses, Dunsmen, or Scotists. When in the sixteenth century the Scotists argued against Renaissance humanism, the term duns or dunce became, in the mouths of the Protestants, a term of abuse and a synonym for one incapable of scholarship. This was the etymology given by Richard Stanyhurst. Samuel Johnson, on the other hand, maintained that the source of the word was unknown. * Dunces are often comedically shown wearing paper cone hats, known as dunce caps with the word "dunce" or "dumb", or simply a capitalized "D" on them. Schoolchildren were sometimes compelled to wear a dunce cap and to sit on a stool in the |