DUNCE
ADJECTIVES
► DUNCICAL like a dunce or blockhead; stupid, dull-witted, doltish → 1588
ADVERBS
► DUNSTICALLY in the manner of a dunce; in a dull, pedantic, or stupid way → 1590 obs.
NOUNS
► DUNCIAD a world governed or populated by dunces or idiots; a group of dunces, typically one wielding a degree of power or authority → 1743
► DUNCICALITY a being a dunce; stupidity, idiocy → 1790
► DUNCISHNESS a being a dunce; stupidity, idiocy → 1805
NOUNS – PERSON
► BACON-HEAD a dunce, a stupid person → 1986 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► BEAR’S ASS a dunce; an ignorant person → 1970 US sl. (Bk.)
► BIFF a dunce-like, dumb girl → 1929-32 US sl.
► BOOB a fool; a dunce → 1981 Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
► BOOBY a dunce; a schoolchild singled out in a class, school, etc., as being the most lacking in ability or intelligence → 1844
► CHOWDERHEAD a dunce; a stupid person, a fool, a blockhead; a muddle-headed person → 1682 sl.
► CITTERN-HEAD a dunce; a blockhead; an empty-headed person; a term of scorn → 1623
► CLINCHPOOP a dunce; an oaf; a lout, a clown → 1568 obs.
► DOBBIE ► DOBBY ► DOOBIE a fool, a simpleton, a stupid fellow; a dunce → 1677 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► DODIPATE ► DODDY-PATE a dunce; a stupid person, a blockhead, a fool → c1500 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► DODIPOLL ► DODDY-POLL a dunce, a blockhead → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► DOOBIE a dunce; a dull, stupid fellow; a fool, a simpleton → 19C Sc.
► DULT a dunce; a dolt; the boy at the bottom of a class or form → 1825 Sc.
► DUNCECOMB a dunce; a stupid person; a fool; a dim-witted person → 1612 obs.
► DUNDERWHELP a dunce; a contemptible blockhead → 1621 obs.
► GABY a dunce; a stupid, foolish, or silly person; a blockhead, simpleton → 1796 Eng. dial. & colloq.
► GAMERAL ► GAMMEREL ► GAUMERIL ► GAUMRIL ► GAWMEREL a dunce; a fool; a stupid fellow; a silly lout → 1826 Eng. dial.
► GANNERHEAD a dunce; a stupid person → 1839 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► GAUVEY ► GAUVY a dunce; a fool, a simpleton; a half-witted person → 1796 Eng. dial.
► GAUVISON ► GAVYSON ► GAWVISON a dunce; a fool, a simpleton, a silly, staring fellow, a blockhead → 1788 Eng. dial.
► GAWBY a dunce; a foolish or stupid person; a silly fellow, a clown → 1746 colloq. & Eng. dial.
► GECK a dunce; a fool, a simpleton; a stupid, clumsy fellow; one who is befooled or derided → c1530 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► GLOM a dunce; a fool, a stupid person; an awkward person; a worthless or inept person → 1930 US sl.
► GONIEL a fool, a stupid fellow; a dunce; a headstrong, ill-conditioned person → 1869 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► GONNER-HEAD dunce; a fool; a stupid fellow → 1740 Eng. dial.
► GONNERIL a fool, a stupid fellow; a dunce; a headstrong, ill-conditioned person → 1825 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► GONNER-PATE a dunce; a fool; a stupid fellow → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► GROUT-HEAD a dunce; a blockhead, a thickhead, a stupid person → 1550 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► GROUTNOLL ► GROWTNOLL a blockhead, a thickhead, a dunce → 1578 obs.
► GUNK a dunce, a blockhead → 1900 Sc. (Bk.)
► HAME-HEAD a dunce → 1984 Amer. dial.
► HOBBIL ► HOBBLE a dunce; a fool, a dull, stupid person; a blockhead, an idiot → 1740 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► IGNARO a dunce; an ignoramus; a fool, a blockhead → 1620 obs.
► JOBBERNOWL a dunce; a dolt; a stupid, thick-headed person; a blockhead, a fool → 1592 colloq.
► LOGGERHEAD a dunce; a stupid, dull-witted, or mulish person; a blockhead → 1806 Amer. dial.
► MELLSCOPE a confirmed dunce; a wooden-headed or stupid person → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MORON a dunce; a stupid or slow-witted person; a fool; an idiot; a feeble-minded person → 1917 colloq., orig. US
► NISEY ► NIZIE ► NIZY ► NIZZIE a fool, a dunce → 1674 UK criminals’ sl.
► NUMBSKULL ► NUMSKULL a dunce; a fool; a blockhead; a dull-witted person; a dolt; a stupid fellow → 1697
► POTATOHEAD a dunce; a fool, a simpleton, a stupid person, an oaf → 1952 Amer. sl.
► PUMPKIN HEAD a dunce; a slow or dim-witted person → 1775 Amer.
► SAP ► SAPP a dunce; a simpleton; a blockhead; a fool; a dullard → 1817 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► SAPADILLO a dunce; a simpleton; a blockhead; a fool → 1817 sl.
► SAPOLIO a dunce; a simpleton; a blockhead; a fool → 1817 sl.
► SAPPER a dunce; a simpleton; a blockhead; a fool → 1817 sl.
► SAPPO a dunce; a simpleton; a blockhead; a fool; a gullible person → 1817 sl.
► SPOOPS a dunce → 1860 US students’ sl.
► TOM-NODDY a dunce; a foolish or stupid person; a blockhead, dolt, simpleton → 1828
► WOODEN SPOON a dunce; an oaf → 19C Brit. & US sl.
► ZAPP a dunce; a simpleton; a blockhead; a fool → 1817 sl.
VERBS
► DUNCIFY to make a dunce of; to make dull or stupid in intellect → 1597
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