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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.
Meaning of Dunces from wikipedia
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confederacy against him." A
Confederacy of
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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...
- "
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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...
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Evans Pietro Aramondo Frank Alexander Dunces and
Dangers at IMDb The
short film
Dunces and
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available for free
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Dunces celebrates its 20th anniversary".
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Retrieved July 26, 2015. Hyman,
Peter (December 14, 2006). "A
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Dunces: Will...
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Unlearned Parliament also
known as the
Lawless Parliament ,
Parliament of
Dunces or the
Parliamentum Indoctorum is the term used for the 1404 parliament...
- readership.
Gottlieb suffered some
ignominy for
rejecting A
Confederacy of
Dunces by John
Kennedy Toole, a book that
later won the
Pulitzer Prize when it...
- been in
talks for the lead in an
adaptation of the
novel A
Confederacy of
Dunces.
Farley even
expressed interest in
portraying Atuk in an
adaptation of the...
