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it used to refer to an ill educated person
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∙ 7y agoNo but it's not a nice word.
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What rhymes with dunce?
once once once
What is bobo in English?
The word "bobo" is in Tagalog or Filipino language (national language of the Philippines). In English language it's meaning is "dunce", "dull", "stupid", "mooncalf" or "silly".
What rhymes with difference?
One- and two-syllable End Rhymes of difference: absence balance brilliance cadence clearance cogence conscience constance credence distance dunce essence flagrance fragrance grievance guidance halfpence hinderance hindrance instance joyance licence license mergence monstrance nascence nuisance once ordinance ordnance parlance patience penance pittance pleasance potence preference presence prudence puissance quittance reverence riddance salience science semblance sentence silence sixpence stridence substance temperance teutons transience vagrance valance valence valiance vengeance voidancefrom: rhymer.combalanceReverence or preference.
Who is the protagonist in The Lottery by Shirley Jackson?
"The Lottery Rose" by Irene Hunt is a novel for teens. Some of the characters in this book are Georgie Burgess, Rennie Burgess, Miss Ellen Ames, Miss Cressman, Mrs. Sims, Judge O'Neill, Sister Mary Angela and Mrs. Molly Harper.
What rhymes with month?
Despite the myth that nothing rhymes with purple, month, orange, or silver, each does have at least one rhyme and, as with any other word or phrase, rhymes may be invented or adapted to suit the occasion. This is famously evident in many limericks.W.S. Gilbert, a world-class rhymester, claimed in an open letter to The Graphic in 1887:'It has long been supposed that there is no rhyme to "month." There is a rhyme to it--not "onety-onth," or any lisping version of such words as "once," "dunce," etc., but a legitimate word in everyday use.'In an earlier letter, he said:'I still adhere to "millionth" as the best rhyme to "month," and I have the authority of the greatest poets in the English language for treating it as a tri-syllable, if I feel disposed to do so.'More of Gilbert's correspondence on the subject can be found at the link below.In addition:Month rhymes with uneath (a very obscure and now archaic word meaning 'difficult' or 'not easily (borne, or done)'.Month also rhymes with 'dunth', which was invented just to have something to rhyme with month. It supposedly means "a word that rhymes with nothing" or "a word that rhymes with month". A reference to Dunth can be found in the Urban Dictionary; see link below.Also the only thing that rhymes with orange, is door hinge.There aren't many words that rhyme with "month," and most of them are related to numbers. Below are some examples:billionthdecillionthmillionthquadrillionthquintillionthtrillionthOther words are close rhymes, such as:amaranth (a flower)dozenthseventheleventhLook at rhyming dictionaries online to find other possible rhymes for this and other words.Nothing rhymes in English to the word month. Same as oranges.
What is the definition of dunce?
A dunce is a person who is slow to learn.
When was Safety Dunce created?
Safety Dunce was created in 2007.
What is a Scottish Gaelic word for English dunce?
claonaire: dunce, dimwit bumalair: bungler, oaf stalcaire: blockhead, dunce, ignoramus
How did dunce come into your language?
1520-30; after John Duns Scotus, whose writings were attacked by the humanists as foolishDunce dunce duncidy dunce
How do you spell dunce?
That is the correct spelling of the word "dunce" (foolish or uneducated person).
How do you use dunce in a sentence?
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.
Who was the original Mickey the Dunce?
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".
Is dunce a synonym for frugal?
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.
What with dunce?
once once once
What does the grade D stand for?
Dunce
Who invented the dunce?
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.
Can you give me a sentence for the word dunce?
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