Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To make dull or stupid; reduce to the condition of a dunce.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb rare To make stupid in intellect.
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- verb transitive To make
stupid inintellect .
Etymologies
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dunce + -ify
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rolig commented on the word duncify
I was looking for a single word that could translate the Slovene word poneumljati, "to make stupid", and found this. Unfortunately, it is not listed in dictionaries of current English, so I decided against using it. Instead, I chose the locution "dull the mind of ..." But what a great, and timely word! It needs to be revived. Contemporary society needs this word!
October 26, 2010
vendingmachine commented on the word duncify
See also stultify.
August 20, 2016