dunce

n.
A stupid person; a dolt.

[After John DUNS SCOTUS, whose writings and philosophy were ridiculed in the 16th century.]

noun

A mentally dull person: blockhead, chump¹, clod, dolt, dullard, dummkopf, dummy, numskull, thickhead. Slang dimwit, dumbbell, dumbo. See ability/inability.

n

Definition: stupid person
Antonyms: brain, genius

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence
  Synonyms: dunderhead, numskull, blockhead, bonehead, lunkhead, hammerhead, knucklehead, loggerhead, muttonhead, shithead, fuckhead

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - dumrian

Nederlands (Dutch)
domkop

Français (French)
n. - (École) cancre, âne

Deutsch (German)
n. - Dummkopf

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ντουβάρι, κούτσουρο, αμαθής

Italiano (Italian)
citrullo

Português (Portuguese)
n. - estúpido (m)

Русский (Russian)
тупица

Español (Spanish)
n. - burro, zopenco

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - dumhuvud

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
劣学生, 傻瓜

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 劣學生, 傻瓜

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 지진아, 열등생

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - のろま, できない生徒

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) الشخص الغبي أو بطئ التعلم وبخاصه طالب‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮טיפש, קשה-תפיסה‬

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