dunce

• Nom désignant une personne lente à apprendre ou considérée comme stupide ; historiquement issu du nom du philosophe médiéval Jean Duns Scot, dont les partisans étaient moqués comme « dunces » à la Renaissance.

A noun referring to a person who is slow at learning or considered stupid; historically derived from the name of the medieval philosopher John Duns Scotus, whose followers were ridiculed as 'Duns men' or 'dunces' during the Renaissance.

1. Slow learnerB2informal

   A person who is slow at learning or considered unintelligent.

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   • The teacher called him a dunce for not understanding the simple math problem.
   • In the old days, students who couldn't keep up were made to wear a dunce cap.
   • He felt like a dunce when he couldn't answer the question.

   Synonymesblockheaddoltdopedullarddunderheadfoolignoramusmoronnumskullsimpleton

   Antonymesgeniusintellectprodigysage