Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - dunce
Dunce
dunce
n. a person slow at learning; a dullard. Phrases and idioms dunce's cap a paper cone formerly put on the head of a dunce at school as a mark of disgrace. Etymology: John Duns Scotus, scholastic theologian d. 1308, whose followers were ridiculed by 16th-c. humanists and reformers as enemies of learning
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noun Etymology: John Duns Scotus, whose once accepted writings were ridiculed in the 16th century Date: 1570 a slow-witted or stupid person ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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