Bedunce
verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To treat as, or reduce to, a dunce; to make stupid. archaic, rare, transitive
"After he has sufficiently bedunced us through several pages, he at last has the tenderness to answer to our particular objections, and that with sufficient perplexity."
Example
More examples"After he has sufficiently bedunced us through several pages, he at last has the tenderness to answer to our particular objections, and that with sufficient perplexity."
Etymology
From be- + dunce.
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