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dunce

dunce [ dunss ] (plural dunc·es)


noun 
Definition:
 
unintelligent person: somebody who is regarded as slow to learn to learn or as generally unintelligent ( insult )

[Mid-16th century. < Duns in John Duns Scotus, whose writings were regarded by Renaissance thinkers as obscure and obtuse]
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