dunce
Sign in to saveDunce is a mild insult in English meaning "a person who is slow at learning or stupid". The etymology given by Richard Stanyhurst is that the word is derived from the name of the Scottish scholastic theologian and philosopher John Duns Scotus.
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- Duns Scotus
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- Dunce cap from LOC 3c04163u.png
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- Dunce caps
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- dunce cap
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- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
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Dunce is a mild insult in English meaning "a person who is slow at learning or stupid". The etymology given by Richard Stanyhurst is that the word is derived from the name of the Scottish scholastic theologian and philosopher John Duns Scotus.
==Dunce cap==
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