What does dunce mean?
Dunce means An unintelligent person..
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/dʌns/ · noun
An unintelligent person..
When a true genius appears in the world you may know him by this sign; that the dunces are all in confederacy against him.
[...] Dunce, / Dotard, a-dozing at the very nonce, / After a life spent training for the sight!
Use dunce when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Dunce means An unintelligent person..
Common synonyms include idiot, addle-brain, addlehead, addle pate.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
When a true genius appears in the world you may know him by this sign; that the dunces are all in confederacy against him.
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