Duncify

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To make stupid in intellect. transitive

    "July 8 1759 William Warburton, letter to Richard Hurd Here you have a fellow ten thousand times more duncified than dunce Webster"

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"July 8 1759 William Warburton, letter to Richard Hurd Here you have a fellow ten thousand times more duncified than dunce Webster"

Etymology

From dunce + -ify.

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