Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The domain of dunces; dunces in general.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Jocose The realm or domain of dunces.
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- noun The realm or domain of
dunces .
Etymologies
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dunce + -dom
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Examples
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Flecknoe, an obscure Irish poetaster, being about to retire from the throne of duncedom, resolved to settle the succession upon his son,
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~ -- It is at once the thinnest and most effective of all the coverings under which duncedom sneaks and skulks.
Pearls of Thought Maturin Murray Ballou 1857
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{177} obscure Irish poetaster, being about to retire from the throne of duncedom, resolved to settle the succession upon his son, Shadwell, whose claims to the inheritance are vigorously asserted.
hernesheir commented on the word duncedom
Railroad telegraphers' shorthand for "Draft not properly endorsed; send duplicate or second with proper endorsement". --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
January 22, 2013
bilby commented on the word duncedom
I was going to say that's like George HW Bush and then George W Bush, but I was forgetting Florida.
January 22, 2013