dunce

Mane (Îngilîzî)

An unintelligent person.

Hevwate

fool

blockhead

dolt

idiot

stupid person

simpleton

stupid

bonehead

numskull

booby

dunderhead

lame-brain

chump

fuckhead

hammerhead

knucklehead

lamebrain

loggerhead

lunkhead

mischievous

moron

muttonhead

shithead

stubborn

stupidity

dumbass

doltish person

ass

🍑

African wild ass

mutt

bastard

donkey

🫏

oaf

dummy

block head

gawk

gullible

dim-wit

duffer

imbecile

jackass

jerk

stupid fellow

Boeotian

domestic ass

block-head

dull person

moke

Werger

cancre

Dummkopf

tonto

Narr

asino

🫏

imbécile

idiot

sciocco

lourdaud

beneit

crétin

Idiot

Tor

Blödmann

Einfaltspinsel

Wekî (IPA) tê bilêvkirin

/dʌns/

Etîmolojî (Îngilîzî)

1530, 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.