d 2 u 1 n 1 c 3 e 1
5 letters · 8 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun a stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence
origin1530, named after John Duns Scotus (c. 1266–1308). Scotus was ironically a well-known Scottish thinker; his followers, however, opposed the philosophers of the Renaissance, and thus "dunce" was first used to describe someone rejecting new knowledge in 1530; later, any person deemed stupid.
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