DUNCE


Meaning of DUNCE in English

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.