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dunce
English
Etymology
1530, named after John Duns Scotus (c. 1266–1308).
Scotus was ironically a well-known Scottish thinker. His followers, however, opposed the philosophers of the Renaissance, and thus "dunce" was first used to describe someone rejecting new knowledge in 1530; later, any stupid person.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d?ns/
- Rhymes: -?ns
Noun
dunce (plural dunces)
- An unintelligent person.
- Synonyms: idiot; see also Thesaurus:idiot
- 1855, Robert Browning, “Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came”, XXX:
- [...] Dunce, / Dotard, a-dozing at the very nonce, / After a life spent training for the sight!
Derived terms
- dunce cap
- duncedom
- dunce hat
- duncehood
- duncelike
- duncely
- duncish/dunceish
Translations
Further reading
- “dunce”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
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scatterbrain
English
Etymology
scatter +? brain
Noun
scatterbrain (plural scatterbrains)
- A flighty, disorganized or forgetful person.
Related terms
- scatterbrained
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