dunce
noun
a dull-witted, stupid, or ignorant person; dolt.
duncical
-
a word derived from
dunce.
Example Sentences
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I have no patience with the foolish duncical dog —upon my soul, I have not!
From Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 9 by Samuel Richardson
The central inquisitor was trying to extract from him information about à Becket, almost prompting him with the very words, but without penetrating through the duncical denseness.
From The Grey Wig: Stories and Novelettes by Israel Zangwill
The central inquisitor was trying to extract from him information about Becket, almost prompting him with the very words, but without penetrating through the duncical denseness.
From Victorian Short Stories: Stories of Courtship by Israel Zangwill
What makes, in many countries, the people rebellious and depraved, pages saucy and mischievous, students sottish and duncical?
From Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 4 by Peter Anthony Motteux
