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Meaning of Dunce | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
dʌns

Definitions

An unintelligent person.

Equivalents

العربية غبي
Čeština blbec pišišvor poleno ťululum tupec
Cymraeg twpsyn
Suomi aasi pahvipää tyhmä typerys
Français cancre
Íslenska tossi
日本語 のろま 鈍間
Kurdî baro
Latina bārō
Македонски дудук
Polski antytalent młot młotek nieuk

Examples

“When a true genius appears in the world you may know him by this sign; that the dunces are all in confederacy against him.”
“[...] Dunce, / Dotard, a-dozing at the very nonce, / After a life spent training for the sight!”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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