Thesaurus: dunce

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1. n. One backward in book learning; a child or other person dull or weak in intellect; a dullard; a dolt.
2. n. a stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence
3. One backward in book learning; a child or other person dull or weak in intellect; a dullard; a dolt. I never knew this town without dunces of figure. Swift. Note: The schoolmen were often called, after their great leader Duns Scotus, Dunsmen or Duncemen. In the revival of learning they were violently opposed to classical studies; hence, the name of Dunce was applied with scorn and contempt to an opposer of learning, or to one slow at learning, a dullard.
4. One backward in book learning; a child or other person dull orweak in intellect; a dullard; a dolt.I never knew this town without dunces of figure. Swift.
5. n:100 n. a stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence