dunce /dʌns/ BrE AmE noun [countable] old-fashioned
[ Date: 1500-1600 ; Origin: John Duns Scotus (1266?-1308), Scottish religious thinker ]
someone who is slow at learning things:
the dunce of the class
dunce /dʌns/ BrE AmE noun [countable] old-fashioned
[ Date: 1500-1600 ; Origin: John Duns Scotus (1266?-1308), Scottish religious thinker ]
someone who is slow at learning things:
the dunce of the class
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. Longman - Словарь современного английского языка. 2012