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ˈduncify, v. rare. [f. dunce n.: see -fy.] trans. To make a dunce of. Hence duncified ppl. a., constituted as a dunce.
15971st Pt. Return fr. Parnass. iv. i. 1222 Let this duncified worlde esteeme of Spencer and Chaucer, I'le worshipp sweet Mr. Shakspeare. 1759Warburton Lett. to Hurd (1809) 286 A fellow ten thousand times more duncified than dunce Webster. |