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Dunce
Dunce Dunce, n. [From Joannes Duns Scotus, a schoolman called the Subtle Doctor, who died in 1308. Originally in the phrase ``a Duns man'. See Note below.] 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.

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- you may know him by this sign, that the dunces are all in confederacy against him." A Confederacy of Dunces follows the misadventures of protagonist...
- theologian and philosopher John Duns Scotus. A dunce cap, also variously known as a dunce hat, dunce's cap or dunce's hat, is a pointed hat, formerly used as...
- "Dunces and Dragons" (also known as "Lost in Time") is the sixth episode of the fourth season of the American animated television series SpongeBob SquarePants...
- writing A Confederacy of Dunces, which he finished at his parents' home after his discharge. Toole submitted A Confederacy of Dunces to publisher Simon &...
- wish to be dunces but are, "Whate'er of mungril no one class admits, / A wit with dunces, and a dunce with wits" (B IV 89–90). These dunces orbit Dulness...
- Hauber Owen Evans Pietro Aramondo Frank Alexander Dunces and Dangers at IMDb The short film Dunces and Dangers is available for free viewing and download...
- Unlearned Parliament also known as the Lawless Parliament , Parliament of Dunces or the Parliamentum Indoctorum is the term used for the 1404 parliament...
- play the role of Ignatius Reilly, the main character of A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole. The story takes place almost entirely in New Orleans...
- starred as Ignatius J. Reilly in a theatrical adaptation of A Confederacy of Dunces with the Huntington Theatre Company. Offerman runs a Offerman Woodshop with...
- of Dunces celebrates its 20th anniversary". Entertainment W****ly. Retrieved July 26, 2015. Hyman, Peter (December 14, 2006). "A Conspiracy of Dunces: Will...