duncishadj.

Brit.

/ˈdʌnsɪʃ/, U.S.

/ˈdənsɪʃ/

Forms: 1500s duncysh, 1600s 1800s– duncish, 1800s– dunceish.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: dunce n., -ish suffix¹.

Etymology: < dunce n. + -ish suffix¹. Compare earlier duncical adj.With sense 2 compare also earlier duncely adj. 2, duncey adj., and duncing adj. at dunce v. Derivatives.

depreciative.

†1. That is an adherent of John Duns Scotus or medieval scholasticism generally; characteristic of Scotism or scholasticism; (by implication) excessively pedantic, hair-splitting. Cf. dunce n. 2. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > aspects of faith > theology > systems of theology > [adjective] > Duns Scotus

duncical?1548

duncish?1566

dunstical1569

Scotistical1569

Scotist1824

?1566 W. P. tr. C. S. Curio Pasquine in Traunce f. 32 He is farre different from the Duncysh Sorbones.

1675 J. Bunyan Light in Darkness 65 Against this Duncish Sophistry, we set Paul and Isaiah.

2. Slow to learn or understand; stupid, unintelligent. Cf. dunce n. 3.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupidity, dullness of intellect > [adjective]

sloweOE

stuntc960

dullOE

hardOE

stuntlyc1000

sotc1050

dillc1175

dulta1225

simplea1325

heavy1340

astonedc1374

sheepishc1380

dull-witteda1387

lourd1390

steerishc1411

ass-likea1425

brainless?a1439

deafc1440

sluggishc1450

short-witted1477

obtuse1509

peakish1519

wearish1519

deaf, or dumb as a beetle1520

doileda1522

gross1526

headlessa1530

stulty1532

ass-headed1533

pot-headed1533

stupid?1541

sheep's head1542

doltish1543

dumpish1545

assish1548

blockish1548

slow-witted1548

blockheaded1549

surd1551

dull-headed1552

hammer-headed1552

skit-brained?1553

buzzardly1561

witless1562

log-headeda1566

assy1566

sottish1566

dastardly1567

stupidious1567

beetle-headed1570

calvish1570

bluntish1578

cod's-headed1578

grout-headed1578

bedaft1579

dull-pated1580

blate1581

buzzard-like1581

long-eared1582

dullard1583

woodena1586

duncical1588

leaden-headed1589

buzzard1592

dorbellical1592

dunstical1592

heavy-headeda1593

shallow-brained1592

blunt-witted1594

mossy1597

Bœotian1598

clay-brained1598

fat1598

fat-witted1598

knotty-pated1598

stupidous1598

wit-lost1599

barren1600

duncifiedc1600

lourdish1600

stockish1600

thick1600

booby1603

leaden-pated1603

partless1603

thin-headed1603

leaden-skulledc1604

blockhead1606

frost-brained1606

ram-headed1608

beef-witted1609

insulse1609

leaden-spirited1609

asininec1610

clumse1611

blockheadly1612

wattle-headed1613

flata1616

logger-headeda1616

puppy-headeda1616

shallow-patedc1616

thick-brained1619

half-headed1621

buzzard-blinda1625

beef-brained1628

toom-headed1629

thick-witted1634

woollen-witted1635

squirrel-headed1637

clod-pated1639

lean-souled1639

muddy-headed1642

leaden-witteda1645

as sad as any mallet1645

under-headed1646

fat-headed1647

half-witted1647

insipid1651

insulsate1652

soft-headed1653

thick-skulleda1657

muddish1658

non-intelligent1659

whey-brained1660

sap-headed1665

timber-headed1666

leather-headeda1668

out of (one's) tree1669

boobily1673

thoughtless1673

lourdly1674

logger1675

unintelligenta1676

Bœotic1678

chicken-brained1678

under-witted1683

loggerhead1684

dunderheaded1692

unintelligible1694

buffle-headed1697

crassicc1700

numbskulled1707

crassous1708

doddy-polled1708

haggis-headed1715

niddy-noddy1722

muzzy1723

pudding-headed1726

sumphish1728

pitcher-souleda1739

duncey1743

hebete1743

chuckheaded1756

dumb1756

duncely1757

imbecile1766

mutton-headed1768

chuckle-headed1770

jobbernowl1770

dowfarta1774

boobyish1778

wittol1780

staumrel1787

opaquec1789

stoopid1791

mud-headed1793

borné1795

muzzy-headed1798

nog-headed1800

thick-headed1801

gypit1804

duncish1805

lightweight1809

numbskull1814

tup-headed1816

chuckle-pate1820

unintellectuala1821

dense1822

ninnyish1822

dunch1825

fozy1825

potato-headed1826

beef-headed1828

donkeyish1831

blockheadish1833

pinheaded1837

squirrel-minded1837

pumpkin-headed1838

tomfoolish1838

dundering1840

chicken-headed1842

like a bump on a log1842

ninny-minded1849

numbheadeda1852

nincompoopish1852

suet-brained1852

dolly1853

mullet-headed1853

sodden1853

fiddle-headed1854

numb1854

bovine1855

logy1859

crass1861

unsmart1861

off his chump1864

wooden-headed1865

stupe1866

lean-minded1867

duffing1869

cretinous1871

doddering1871

thick-head1873

doddling1874

stupido1879

boneheaded1883

woolly-headed1883

leaden-natured1889

suet-headed1890

sam-sodden1891

dopey1896

turnip-headed1898

bonehead1903

wool-witted1905

peanut-headed1906

peanut-brained1907

dilly1909

torpid-minded1909

retardate1912

nitwitted1917

meat-headed1918

mug1922

cloth-headed1925

loopy1925

nitwit1928

lame-brained1929

dead from the neck up1930

simpy1932

nail-headed1936

square-headed1936

dingbats1937

pinhead1939

dim-witted1940

pea-brained1942

clueless1943

lobotomized1943

retarded1949

pointy-headed1950

clottish1952

like a stunned mullet1953

silly (or crazy) as a two-bob watch1954

out to lunch1955

pin-brained1958

dozy1959

eejity1964

out of one's tiny mind1965

doofus1967

twitty1967

twittish1969

twatty1975

twattish1976

blur1977

dof1979

goofus1981

dickheaded1991

dickish1991

numpty1992

cockish1996

1805 [implied in: C. Wilmot Let. 2 Oct. in M. Wilmot & C. Wilmot Russ. Jrnls. (1934) ii. 203 I feel my powers of Duncishness increase daily.].

1821 John Bull 13 Aug. 277/1 His surmises and forebodings..are less miraculous, though their character is more decidedly duncish.

1870 New Monthly Mag. Jan. 38 She may be sure he does not think her duncish.

1911 Smart Set Oct. 145/1 It has never seemed entirely duncish to me.

2017 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 18 Feb. (Weekend section) The return of tourists will herald the resumption of dunceish questions about how to get into 12th-century Cockermouth Castle.

Derivatives

ˈduncishly adv. stupidly, unintelligently.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupidity, dullness of intellect > [adverb]

sotly1154

blately1513

grossly?1531

dully1533

blockishly1556

bluntly1557

buzzardly1561

sottishly1566

thickly1574

doltishly1580

witlessly1598

stupidiously1600

brainlessly1610

stupidly?1611

insulsely1637

uncleverly1697

numbskully1708

unintelligently1754

stupid?1757

duncishly1826

stockishly1846

sumphishly1850

simple-mindedly1851

obtusely1863

crassly1883

bovinely1900

unperceptively1935

simplistically1939

obtusively1953

dopily1958

gormlessly1958

1826 London Mag. Dec. 477 I have tried to bring him over to my opinion by shewing how duncishly it is written.

1834 A. W. Fonblanque in Examiner 7 Dec. 770/1 Men, who read the broad signs of the times so duncishly.

2010 forums.thedarkmod.com 20 Apr. (forum post, accessed 13 Dec. 2017) I had assumed it needed an identifier and dunce-ishly opted for ‘group identifier’.

ˈduncishness n. the state or quality of being a dunce; stupidity, idiocy.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupidity, dullness of intellect > [noun]

hardnessOE

stuntnessc1000

sotshipc1050

witlessnessa1100

sotheada1200

dullness1398

bluntness1483

slowness1495

grossnessa1530

stupidity?1541

assishness?1548

dastardness1552

lourderie1555

dastardliness1556

blockishness1561

doltishness1569

sottage1569

sheepishness1574

doltry1581

sottishness1589

doltage1593

dorbellism1593

grout-headry1600

opacity1611

duncery1615

dunstery1615

stupidness1619

hebetude1621

insulsity1623

unintelligence1634

obtuseness1648

jobbernowlism1652

dullery1653

non-intelligence1653

blockheadishness1656

crassness1664

blockheadedness1716

stolidness1727

blockheadism1753

numbskullity1779

nincompoophood1791

duncishness1805

numbskullism1806

foziness1821

noodledum1821

obtusity1823

soft-headedness1823

noodledom1827

duncehood1829

dunderheadedness1830

sumphishness1830

asininity1831

dunderheadism1836

stockishness1837

dullardness1840

fat-headedness1840

stupor1845

duncedom1847

misintelligence1848

nincompoopery1850

wooden-headedness1850

dumminess1852

jolterheadedness1852

ninnyship1852

donkeyism1855

dumbness1860

beef-wittedness1863

crassitude1865

donkeyhood1869

slow-wittedness1869

chuckle-headedness1880

leatherheadedness1880

pinheadedness1884

numbskulledness1885

donkeydom1889

thickheadedness1889

density1894

moronism1922

nitwittedness1931

nitwittery1931

noodleness1931

dopiness1942

squirrel-headedness1955

nincompoopism1957

dim-wittedness1960

clottishness1961

1805 C. Wilmot Let. 2 Oct. in M. Wilmot & C. Wilmot Russ. Jrnls. (1934) ii. 203 I feel my powers of Duncishness increase daily.

1825 A. W. Fonblanque in Westm. Rev. 4 377 A sentence of impenetrable duncishness.

2006 www.tek-tips.com 4 Feb. (forum post, accessed 12 Dec. 2017) Thanks for your interest and please forgive my dunce-ishness...

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	duncish
释义	duncishadj. Brit. /ˈdʌnsɪʃ/, U.S. /ˈdənsɪʃ/ Forms: 1500s duncysh, 1600s 1800s– duncish, 1800s– dunceish. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: dunce n., -ish suffix¹. Etymology: < dunce n. + -ish suffix¹. Compare earlier duncical adj.With sense 2 compare also earlier duncely adj. 2, duncey adj., and duncing adj. at dunce v. Derivatives. depreciative. †1. That is an adherent of John Duns Scotus or medieval scholasticism generally; characteristic of Scotism or scholasticism; (by implication) excessively pedantic, hair-splitting. Cf. dunce n. 2. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > theology > systems of theology > [adjective] > Duns Scotus duncical?1548 duncish?1566 dunstical1569 Scotistical1569 Scotist1824 ?1566 W. P. tr. C. S. Curio Pasquine in Traunce f. 32 He is farre different from the Duncysh Sorbones. 1675 J. Bunyan Light in Darkness 65 Against this Duncish Sophistry, we set Paul and Isaiah. 2. Slow to learn or understand; stupid, unintelligent. Cf. dunce n. 3. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupidity, dullness of intellect > [adjective] sloweOE stuntc960 dullOE hardOE stuntlyc1000 sotc1050 dillc1175 dulta1225 simplea1325 heavy1340 astonedc1374 sheepishc1380 dull-witteda1387 lourd1390 steerishc1411 ass-likea1425 brainless?a1439 deafc1440 sluggishc1450 short-witted1477 obtuse1509 peakish1519 wearish1519 deaf, or dumb as a beetle1520 doileda1522 gross1526 headlessa1530 stulty1532 ass-headed1533 pot-headed1533 stupid?1541 sheep's head1542 doltish1543 dumpish1545 assish1548 blockish1548 slow-witted1548 blockheaded1549 surd1551 dull-headed1552 hammer-headed1552 skit-brained?1553 buzzardly1561 witless1562 log-headeda1566 assy1566 sottish1566 dastardly1567 stupidious1567 beetle-headed1570 calvish1570 bluntish1578 cod's-headed1578 grout-headed1578 bedaft1579 dull-pated1580 blate1581 buzzard-like1581 long-eared1582 dullard1583 woodena1586 duncical1588 leaden-headed1589 buzzard1592 dorbellical1592 dunstical1592 heavy-headeda1593 shallow-brained1592 blunt-witted1594 mossy1597 Bœotian1598 clay-brained1598 fat1598 fat-witted1598 knotty-pated1598 stupidous1598 wit-lost1599 barren1600 duncifiedc1600 lourdish1600 stockish1600 thick1600 booby1603 leaden-pated1603 partless1603 thin-headed1603 leaden-skulledc1604 blockhead1606 frost-brained1606 ram-headed1608 beef-witted1609 insulse1609 leaden-spirited1609 asininec1610 clumse1611 blockheadly1612 wattle-headed1613 flata1616 logger-headeda1616 puppy-headeda1616 shallow-patedc1616 thick-brained1619 half-headed1621 buzzard-blinda1625 beef-brained1628 toom-headed1629 thick-witted1634 woollen-witted1635 squirrel-headed1637 clod-pated1639 lean-souled1639 muddy-headed1642 leaden-witteda1645 as sad as any mallet1645 under-headed1646 fat-headed1647 half-witted1647 insipid1651 insulsate1652 soft-headed1653 thick-skulleda1657 muddish1658 non-intelligent1659 whey-brained1660 sap-headed1665 timber-headed1666 leather-headeda1668 out of (one's) tree1669 boobily1673 thoughtless1673 lourdly1674 logger1675 unintelligenta1676 Bœotic1678 chicken-brained1678 under-witted1683 loggerhead1684 dunderheaded1692 unintelligible1694 buffle-headed1697 crassicc1700 numbskulled1707 crassous1708 doddy-polled1708 haggis-headed1715 niddy-noddy1722 muzzy1723 pudding-headed1726 sumphish1728 pitcher-souleda1739 duncey1743 hebete1743 chuckheaded1756 dumb1756 duncely1757 imbecile1766 mutton-headed1768 chuckle-headed1770 jobbernowl1770 dowfarta1774 boobyish1778 wittol1780 staumrel1787 opaquec1789 stoopid1791 mud-headed1793 borné1795 muzzy-headed1798 nog-headed1800 thick-headed1801 gypit1804 duncish1805 lightweight1809 numbskull1814 tup-headed1816 chuckle-pate1820 unintellectuala1821 dense1822 ninnyish1822 dunch1825 fozy1825 potato-headed1826 beef-headed1828 donkeyish1831 blockheadish1833 pinheaded1837 squirrel-minded1837 pumpkin-headed1838 tomfoolish1838 dundering1840 chicken-headed1842 like a bump on a log1842 ninny-minded1849 numbheadeda1852 nincompoopish1852 suet-brained1852 dolly1853 mullet-headed1853 sodden1853 fiddle-headed1854 numb1854 bovine1855 logy1859 crass1861 unsmart1861 off his chump1864 wooden-headed1865 stupe1866 lean-minded1867 duffing1869 cretinous1871 doddering1871 thick-head1873 doddling1874 stupido1879 boneheaded1883 woolly-headed1883 leaden-natured1889 suet-headed1890 sam-sodden1891 dopey1896 turnip-headed1898 bonehead1903 wool-witted1905 peanut-headed1906 peanut-brained1907 dilly1909 torpid-minded1909 retardate1912 nitwitted1917 meat-headed1918 mug1922 cloth-headed1925 loopy1925 nitwit1928 lame-brained1929 dead from the neck up1930 simpy1932 nail-headed1936 square-headed1936 dingbats1937 pinhead1939 dim-witted1940 pea-brained1942 clueless1943 lobotomized1943 retarded1949 pointy-headed1950 clottish1952 like a stunned mullet1953 silly (or crazy) as a two-bob watch1954 out to lunch1955 pin-brained1958 dozy1959 eejity1964 out of one's tiny mind1965 doofus1967 twitty1967 twittish1969 twatty1975 twattish1976 blur1977 dof1979 goofus1981 dickheaded1991 dickish1991 numpty1992 cockish1996 1805 [implied in: C. Wilmot Let. 2 Oct. in M. Wilmot & C. Wilmot Russ. Jrnls. (1934) ii. 203 I feel my powers of Duncishness increase daily.]. 1821 John Bull 13 Aug. 277/1 His surmises and forebodings..are less miraculous, though their character is more decidedly duncish. 1870 New Monthly Mag. Jan. 38 She may be sure he does not think her duncish. 1911 Smart Set Oct. 145/1 It has never seemed entirely duncish to me. 2017 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 18 Feb. (Weekend section) The return of tourists will herald the resumption of dunceish questions about how to get into 12th-century Cockermouth Castle. Derivatives ˈduncishly adv. stupidly, unintelligently. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupidity, dullness of intellect > [adverb] sotly1154 blately1513 grossly?1531 dully1533 blockishly1556 bluntly1557 buzzardly1561 sottishly1566 thickly1574 doltishly1580 witlessly1598 stupidiously1600 brainlessly1610 stupidly?1611 insulsely1637 uncleverly1697 numbskully1708 unintelligently1754 stupid?1757 duncishly1826 stockishly1846 sumphishly1850 simple-mindedly1851 obtusely1863 crassly1883 bovinely1900 unperceptively1935 simplistically1939 obtusively1953 dopily1958 gormlessly1958 1826 London Mag. Dec. 477 I have tried to bring him over to my opinion by shewing how duncishly it is written. 1834 A. W. Fonblanque in Examiner 7 Dec. 770/1 Men, who read the broad signs of the times so duncishly. 2010 forums.thedarkmod.com 20 Apr. (forum post, accessed 13 Dec. 2017) I had assumed it needed an identifier and dunce-ishly opted for ‘group identifier’. ˈduncishness n. the state or quality of being a dunce; stupidity, idiocy. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupidity, dullness of intellect > [noun] hardnessOE stuntnessc1000 sotshipc1050 witlessnessa1100 sotheada1200 dullness1398 bluntness1483 slowness1495 grossnessa1530 stupidity?1541 assishness?1548 dastardness1552 lourderie1555 dastardliness1556 blockishness1561 doltishness1569 sottage1569 sheepishness1574 doltry1581 sottishness1589 doltage1593 dorbellism1593 grout-headry1600 opacity1611 duncery1615 dunstery1615 stupidness1619 hebetude1621 insulsity1623 unintelligence1634 obtuseness1648 jobbernowlism1652 dullery1653 non-intelligence1653 blockheadishness1656 crassness1664 blockheadedness1716 stolidness1727 blockheadism1753 numbskullity1779 nincompoophood1791 duncishness1805 numbskullism1806 foziness1821 noodledum1821 obtusity1823 soft-headedness1823 noodledom1827 duncehood1829 dunderheadedness1830 sumphishness1830 asininity1831 dunderheadism1836 stockishness1837 dullardness1840 fat-headedness1840 stupor1845 duncedom1847 misintelligence1848 nincompoopery1850 wooden-headedness1850 dumminess1852 jolterheadedness1852 ninnyship1852 donkeyism1855 dumbness1860 beef-wittedness1863 crassitude1865 donkeyhood1869 slow-wittedness1869 chuckle-headedness1880 leatherheadedness1880 pinheadedness1884 numbskulledness1885 donkeydom1889 thickheadedness1889 density1894 moronism1922 nitwittedness1931 nitwittery1931 noodleness1931 dopiness1942 squirrel-headedness1955 nincompoopism1957 dim-wittedness1960 clottishness1961 1805 C. Wilmot Let. 2 Oct. in M. Wilmot & C. Wilmot Russ. Jrnls. (1934) ii. 203 I feel my powers of Duncishness increase daily. 1825 A. W. Fonblanque in Westm. Rev. 4 377 A sentence of impenetrable duncishness. 2006 www.tek-tips.com 4 Feb. (forum post, accessed 12 Dec. 2017) Thanks for your interest and please forgive my dunce-ishness... This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.?1566
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