dunce
noun
[ dʌns ]
• a person who is slow at learning; a stupid person.
• "he was baffled by arithmetic and they called him a dunce at school"
Similar:
fool,
idiot,
stupid person,
simpleton,
halfwit,
ignoramus,
oaf,
dolt,
dullard,
moron,
imbecile,
cretin,
dummy,
dumbo,
dumb-bell,
dum-dum,
clot,
thickhead,
nitwit,
dimwit,
dope,
duffer,
booby,
chump,
numbskull,
nincompoop,
bonehead,
blockhead,
fathead,
meathead,
airhead,
birdbrain,
pea-brain,
lamebrain,
jerk,
ninny,
donkey,
wally,
numpty,
berk,
twerp,
twonk,
divvy,
nit,
mug,
ass,
pillock,
wazzock,
silly billy,
doofus,
goof,
goofball,
schmuck,
putz,
bozo,
boob,
dumbhead,
dumbass,
lamer,
lummox,
turkey,
wing nut,
galah,
drongo,
dingbat,
knobhead,
asshat,
Origin:
early 16th century: originally an epithet for a follower of John Duns Scotus (see Duns Scotus, John), whose followers were ridiculed by 16th-century humanists and reformers as enemies of learning.
