Synonyme
 ass, 
birdbrain, 
blockhead, 
bonehead, 
buffoon, 
dimwit, 
dolt, 
donkey, 
dope, 
dork, 
drip, 
dullard, 
dunderhead, 
fool, 
goofAussprache
 Etymologie
 [ 'd&n(t)s ] (noun.) 1587. Eponymous, from John Duns Scotus, who 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 stupid person.