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Definition of dunce cap in English English dictionary
- A conical hat one is forced to wear to indicate he is a dunce
- The topological space obtained by identifying the sides comprising the boundary of a triangle, two sides with consistent orientation and the third with the reverse orientation
- tall conical hat once worn by poor or lazy students as punishment
- a cone-shaped paper hat formerly placed on the head of slow or lazy pupils
- dunce caps
- plural form of dunce cap
- dunce's cap
- a tall pointed hat that a stupid student had to wear in school in the past
- dunce's cap
- {i} tall conical hat once worn by poor or lazy students as punishment
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dunce cap
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dunce hatPronunciation
Etymology
[ 'd&n(t)s ] (noun.) 1587. John Duns Scotus, whose once accepted writings were ridiculed in the 16th century.Resimler
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