"Dunce" means a stupid person. It derives from the name of the medieval philosopher and theologian John Duns Scotus. Duns Scotus had points of disagreement with St. Thomas Aquinas, who was the golden boy of Catholic theology at the time (that's why he got to be a saint). Since the popular take was that Aquinas was right about everything, Duns Scotus or anyone who agreed with him had to be wrong, and therefore they were stupid. Eventually all people could remember about "dunses" was that they were stupid, but nobody could remember why.
Sir Dunce-a-lot Answer two: People who didn't agree with the writings of a famous British writer, James Duns Scotus, called his followers Duns men and derided them as being dull witted. That grew into the world Dunce.
A dunce is a person who is slow to learn.
Safety Dunce was created in 2007.
claonaire: dunce, dimwit bumalair: bungler, oaf stalcaire: blockhead, dunce, ignoramus
He couldn't read the figures in the inscription above the dorr at Wuthering Heights.
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The noun 'dunce' is a singular, common, abstract noun; a word for a stupid person, a numskull, a blockhead. Example sentence:Who is the dunce that put this ridiculous answer here.
Mickey the dunce is a creativity of Walt Disney. It is an amusing cartoon character. Mickey is the dunce is not a proper word, The origin of this word is from a slang that means "non serious".
No. A dunce used to be used for students who failed to learn in class. Dunce is an old word which is hardly used today. Frugal means thrifty, economical, et cetera.
'it says SUPER MARIO SUNSHINE, dunce.' Schonburger, calling people dunce is a bit rash. try to be nicer. anyways, it says Super Mario Sunshine with a sun for the O in Mario.
The 5-letter word for Yiddish dunce is "schlem."
That is the correct spelling of the word "dunce" (foolish or uneducated person).