dunce cap

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [duhns kap]
- /dʌns kæp/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [duhns kap]
- /dʌns kæp/

Definitions of dunce cap words

noun dunce cap a tall, cone-shaped hat formerly worn by slow or lazy students as a punishment in school. 1
noun dunce cap pointed hat worn as punishment 1
noun dunce cap a conical paper hat, formerly placed on the head of a dull child at school 0
noun dunce cap a cone-shaped hat that children slow at learning were formerly forced to wear in school 0
noun dunce cap A conical hat one pupil is forced to wear to indicate he is a dunce. 0
noun dunce cap The topological space obtained by identifying the sides comprising the boundary of a triangle, two sides with consistent orientation and the third with the reverse orientation. 0

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Origin of dunce cap

First appearance:

before 1830

One of the 36% newest English words

First recorded in 1830-40

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Parts of speech for Dunce cap

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Dunce cap

dunce cap popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 47% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 52% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

dunce cap usage trend in Literature

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