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Pejorative term
theologian and philosopher John Duns Scotus. A dunce cap, also variously known as a dunce hat, dunce's cap or dunce's hat, is a pointed hat, formerly used as
Dunce
1980 novel by John Kennedy Toole
A Confederacy of Dunces is a picaresque novel by American novelist John Kennedy Toole. It was published in 1980, eleven years after Toole's death. Published
A_Confederacy_of_Dunces
Compact topological space
In topology, the dunce hat is a compact topological space formed by taking a solid triangle and gluing all three sides together, with the orientation
Dunce_hat_(topology)
6th episode of the 4th season of SpongeBob SquarePants
"Dunces and Dragons" (also known as "Lost in Time") is the sixth episode of the fourth season of the American animated television series SpongeBob SquarePants
Dunces_and_Dragons
2007 studio album by Jason Hook
Safety Dunce is an instrumental metal and hard rock solo album released by former Five Finger Death Punch guitarist Jason Hook in 2007. The album title
Safety_Dunce
Species of fungus
Conocybe lactea or Conocybe albipes and is colloquially known as the white dunce cap or the milky conecap. It is a fairly common fungus, both in North America
Conocybe_apala
Poem by Alexander Pope
wish to be dunces but are, "Whate'er of mungril no one class admits, / A wit with dunces, and a dunce with wits" (B IV 89–90). These dunces orbit Dulness
The_Dunciad
American novelist (1937–1969)
Orleans, Louisiana, whose posthumously published novel, A Confederacy of Dunces, won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1981. At 16 in 1954, he wrote his
John_Kennedy_Toole
Adult Flash-animated television series
Ankrum, Jeff Biancalana, and David Winn October 24, 2006 (2006-10-24) "Dunce Upon a Time" Kenn Navarro, Ken Pontac, and David Ichioka "Gems the Breaks"
Happy Tree Friends (TV series)
Happy_Tree_Friends_(TV_series)
Australian comedy TV series
the following episode and the loser of each episode must wear a dunce cap in the Dunce's Corner. The eight-episode first series premiered on 14 August 2024;
Guy Montgomery's Guy Mont-Spelling Bee (Australian TV series)
Guy_Montgomery's_Guy_Mont-Spelling_Bee_(Australian_TV_series)
New Zealand comedy TV series
loser of each episode (the one who got last place) must wear a dunce cap in the Dunce's Corner. The first series of Guy Mont-Spelling Bee aired in 2023
Guy Montgomery's Guy Mont-Spelling Bee
Guy_Montgomery's_Guy_Mont-Spelling_Bee
Poet, essayist, professor
She has published many collections of poetry, the most recent of which, Dunce (Wave Books, 2019), was long-listed for the National Book Award in Poetry
Mary_Ruefle
Christian pointed hat of conical form
Nuñez de Carabajal, Mexico City, 1601 Christianity portal Spain portal Dunce § Dunce cap List of hat styles List of headgear Sanbenito Wikimedia Commons
Capirote
English parliament of 1404
Unlearned Parliament also known as the Lawless Parliament , Parliament of Dunces or the Parliamentum Indoctorum is the term used for the 1404 parliament
Unlearned_Parliament
Canadian actor and comedian (1950–1994)
adaptation of John Kennedy Toole's Pulitzer Prize–winning novel A Confederacy of Dunces. He had also expressed interest in portraying Atuk in a film adaptation
John_Candy
1918 American film
Dunces and Dangers is a 1918 American film directed by Larry Semon. A man and his wife are having trouble financially and barely have anything to eat.
Dunces_and_Dangers
English actor-manager, playwright, and poet laureate
He rose to ignominious fame when he became the chief target, the head Dunce, of Alexander Pope's satirical poem The Dunciad. Cibber's poetical work
Colley_Cibber
Species of thistle
Cirsium muticum, also known as swamp thistle, marsh thistle, dunce-nettle, or horsetops, is a North American species of plants in the family Asteraceae
Cirsium_muticum
Species of fungus
Conocybe aurea, commonly known as the golden dunce cap, is a basidiomycete fungus in the family Bolbitiaceae. The fungus was first described to science
Conocybe_aurea
2012 film by Baljit Singh Deo
roles, with music rapper Honey Singh in his first commercial venture, as a dunce gangster. Produced by Inda Raikoti and Aman Khatkar, the movie had a historic
Mirza_–_The_Untold_Story
American Game Show
the "dunce" buzzer. However, if the dunce does know the answer, then the contestant who was "dunced" gets the $200, and is allowed to place the dunce cap
Street_Smarts
Species of fungus
Conocybe tenera, commonly known as the brown dunce cap or common cone head, is a widely distributed member of the genus Conocybe, for which it serves
Conocybe_tenera
Type of symbol worn for public humiliation, ostracism or persecution
the tall conical "dunce cap", often marked with the letter "D", was used as the badge of shame for disfavored students. The dunce cap is no longer used
Badge_of_shame
King of Kings
Iran, as she herself admitted in her personal memoirs, stating, "I was a dunce—I knew next to nothing of the geography, the legends of my country, nothing
Mohammad_Reza_Pahlavi
American actor (born 1952)
play the role of Ignatius Reilly, the main character of A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole. The story takes place almost entirely in New Orleans
John_Goodman
1966 film by Alan Rafkin
comedy horror mystery film starring Don Knotts as Luther Heggs, the town dunce and a newspaper typesetter who spends a night in a haunted house, which
The_Ghost_and_Mr._Chicken
Topics referred to by the same term
college farce written in 1615 in Latin by George Ruggle An ignorant person or dunce (as a consequence of Ruggle's play) A verdict by a Grand Jury, meaning "we
Ignoramus
1975 studio album by the Kinks
song "Jerry Cotton", which was a cover version of the song "Jack the Idiot Dunce". According to the back cover liner notes, the story which the album presents
Schoolboys_in_Disgrace
Medieval form of female headdress
Calath crown (headdress) Capotain Caubeen Cavalier Coif Coonskin Cornette Dunce Fillet French hood Fontange Futou Gable hood Hennin Jeongjagwan Jewish Kausia
Wimple
Schools. He also founded NetGravity, Rocketship Education, Zeal Learning, Dunce Capital, ProjectRead.ai and SparkSpace.ai. He is currently the CEO of Flourish
John_Danner_(entrepreneur)
16th century European mask for women
Calath crown (headdress) Capotain Caubeen Cavalier Coif Coonskin Cornette Dunce Fillet French hood Fontange Futou Gable hood Hennin Jeongjagwan Jewish Kausia
Visard
Form of public humiliation and torture
names crossed out. Specific methods of abuse included hair shaving (阴阳头), dunce caps, "jetplane position" (喷气式) (a type of stress position), and verbal
Struggle_session
Scottish Franciscan friar and philosopher (c. 1265/66–1308)
described his followers as "dunces"; the "dunce cap" was later used as a form of punishment in schools and the word "dunce" has come to be used as a term
Duns_Scotus
1958 book by Michael Young
demoralised. The latter "are tested again and again… If they have been labelled 'dunce' repeatedly they cannot any longer pretend; their image of themselves is
The_Rise_of_the_Meritocracy
Oceanian ball game
or ace square, then they usually demote to the dunce square. Sometimes the king is not moved to dunce, and instead goes straight out, other times the
Handball_(schoolyard_game)
Pink cat-ear beanie hat
Boyar Bycocket Capotain Cavalier Coal scuttle bonnet Coif Dolly Varden Dunce Fontange French hood Phrygian Gable hood Hennin Kausia Kokoshnik Miner's
Pussyhat
Genus of fungi
pastures and are found worldwide. Conocybe species are sometimes called dunce caps or cone heads due to their conical or bell-shaped caps. Former species
Conocybe
English writer
second version of The Dunciad in 1741, Theobald remained the chief of the "Dunces" who led the way toward night (see the translatio stultitiae) by debasing
Lewis_Theobald
Australian actor and singer (born 1968)
"always loved acting but when I started at drama school I was like the dunce of the class. It just wasn't coming right to me. Everyone was cooler, everyone
Hugh_Jackman
Footwear secured by straps worn in Ancient Rome
Calath crown (headdress) Capotain Caubeen Cavalier Coif Coonskin Cornette Dunce Fillet French hood Fontange Futou Gable hood Hennin Jeongjagwan Jewish Kausia
Calceus
Wide-brimmed hat designed to shade face and neck from the sun
Boyar Bycocket Capotain Cavalier Coal scuttle bonnet Coif Dolly Varden Dunce Fontange French hood Phrygian Gable hood Hennin Kausia Kokoshnik Miner's
Legionnaire_hat
Canadian guitarist
2007, Hook released his debut instrumental hard rock/metal album Safety Dunce. He recorded his second solo release, American Justice (still unreleased)
Jason_Hook
Indian actress
com. 1 November 2005. Retrieved 8 March 2021. "Musical Dunce: Bride and Prejudice". Musical Dunce. 23 September 2011. Retrieved 8 March 2021. Dasgupta,
Meghna_Kothari
American actor, comedian, and filmmaker (1944–2014)
the film adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize-winning book A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole. The film was to star John Belushi and Richard Pryor
Harold_Ramis
15th- to 17th-century men's garment
Calath crown (headdress) Capotain Caubeen Cavalier Coif Coonskin Cornette Dunce Fillet French hood Fontange Futou Gable hood Hennin Jeongjagwan Jewish Kausia
Doublet_(clothing)
Renaudie & Lazarus, 2015 Radiolarian Ignatius J. Reilly, A Confederacy of Dunces This is a "Large species of Pseudodictyophimus with numerous thorns, a widely
List of organisms named after works of fiction
List_of_organisms_named_after_works_of_fiction
Garment worn by women of Ancient Greece
Calath crown (headdress) Capotain Caubeen Cavalier Coif Coonskin Cornette Dunce Fillet French hood Fontange Futou Gable hood Hennin Jeongjagwan Jewish Kausia
Peplos
Traditional Spanish lace or silk veil worn over the head and shoulders
Boyar Bycocket Capotain Cavalier Coal scuttle bonnet Coif Dolly Varden Dunce Fontange French hood Phrygian Gable hood Hennin Kausia Kokoshnik Miner's
Mantilla
Argentine and American writer (born 1973)
(1979) The Executioner's Song by Norman Mailer (1980) A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole (1981) Rabbit Is Rich by John Updike (1982) The Color
Hernan_Diaz_(writer)
Drosophila is a mutant suppressor of the dunce gene. The gene produces a neuropeptide of the same name. By suppressing dunce through mutagenesis, the amnesiac
Amnesiac_gene
Ancient Jewish headdress
Boyar Bycocket Capotain Cavalier Coal scuttle bonnet Coif Dolly Varden Dunce Fontange French hood Phrygian Gable hood Hennin Kausia Kokoshnik Miner's
Sudra_(headdress)
Clothing for women and girls
Calath crown (headdress) Capotain Caubeen Cavalier Coif Coonskin Cornette Dunce Fillet French hood Fontange Futou Gable hood Hennin Jeongjagwan Jewish Kausia
Bodice
Traditional Russian headdress worn by women
Calath crown (headdress) Capotain Caubeen Cavalier Coif Coonskin Cornette Dunce Fillet French hood Fontange Futou Gable hood Hennin Jeongjagwan Jewish Kausia
Kokoshnik
of the school faculty's roles. The cockroaches decide to make Oggy the dunce of the "class" and it looks like he's in for a rough, strange day. 167b
List of Oggy and the Cockroaches episodes
List_of_Oggy_and_the_Cockroaches_episodes
Skirt-like undergarment, sometimes intended to show, worn under a skirt or dress
Calath crown (headdress) Capotain Caubeen Cavalier Coif Coonskin Cornette Dunce Fillet French hood Fontange Futou Gable hood Hennin Jeongjagwan Jewish Kausia
Petticoat
English woman's headdress of the early 16th century
Calath crown (headdress) Capotain Caubeen Cavalier Coif Coonskin Cornette Dunce Fillet French hood Fontange Futou Gable hood Hennin Jeongjagwan Jewish Kausia
Gable_hood
Joke prize given for last place
turn came from the Latin balbus meaning stammering; the word booby to mean dunce appeared in 1599. Booby prize literally means "idiot's prize". The OED dates
Booby_prize
2018 studio album by Ed Schrader's Music Beat
American rock duo Ed Schrader's Music Beat. The album features the single "Dunce". The album was produced and co-written by electronic-pop musician Dan Deacon
Riddles_(album)
American actress and playwright
Wild Party Mae Off-Broadway, Off-City Center Encores! A Confederacy of Dunces Darlene www.huntingtontheatre.org/2022/01/01/2015-2016-season/ 2017 Tell
Talene_Monahon
English business magnate (born 1950)
Retrieved 24 September 2020. Richard Branson. "At school I was dyslexic and a dunce.", The Times, London, 11 September 1998, p. 19 Swinton, Holly (9 July 2015)
Richard_Branson
British author (born 1965)
fear into the hearts of the children"; Rowling's teacher seated her in "dunces' row" after she performed poorly on an arithmetic test. In 1975, Rowling
J._K._Rowling
Wide-brim hat commonly used by military forces in hot tropical climates
Boyar Bycocket Capotain Cavalier Coal scuttle bonnet Coif Dolly Varden Dunce Fontange French hood Phrygian Gable hood Hennin Kausia Kokoshnik Miner's
Boonie_hat
Style of hat or headwear
Boyar Bycocket Capotain Cavalier Coal scuttle bonnet Coif Dolly Varden Dunce Fontange French hood Phrygian Gable hood Hennin Kausia Kokoshnik Miner's
Whoopee_cap
American comedian and actor (1964–1997)
been in talks for the lead in an adaptation of the novel A Confederacy of Dunces. Farley even expressed interest in portraying Atuk in an adaptation of the
Chris_Farley
English chess variant inventor (1897–1974)
you take me for a dunce?" Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Chapter 11), "Who Stole the Tarts?" This grade [variation] of Dunce's Chess is my original
V._R._Parton
1985 novel by Bret Easton Ellis
Attraction, in which she and Clay are briefly "involved".) The Handsome Dunce A minor character who has a cameo speaking to Clay at Blair's Christmas
Less_than_Zero_(novel)
Mutations in this gene cause cell projections to clump together like dreadlocks Dunce A memory-related gene associated with Rutabaga ELMO Engulfment and Cell
List of unusual biological names
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Woman's split skirt; earlier, breeches or knickers
Calath crown (headdress) Capotain Caubeen Cavalier Coif Coonskin Cornette Dunce Fillet French hood Fontange Futou Gable hood Hennin Jeongjagwan Jewish Kausia
Culottes
Flat circular cap with a visor
Boyar Bycocket Capotain Cavalier Coal scuttle bonnet Coif Dolly Varden Dunce Fontange French hood Phrygian Gable hood Hennin Kausia Kokoshnik Miner's
Kepi
2022 novel by Hernan Diaz
(1979) The Executioner's Song by Norman Mailer (1980) A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole (1981) Rabbit Is Rich by John Updike (1982) The Color
Trust_(novel)
English poet (1688–1744)
not in doubt. Pope pilloried a host of other "hacks", "scribblers" and "dunces" in addition to Theobald, and Maynard Mack has accordingly called its publication
Alexander_Pope
Formal headcloth worn by the kings of Ancient Egypt
Calath crown (headdress) Capotain Caubeen Cavalier Coif Coonskin Cornette Dunce Fillet French hood Fontange Futou Gable hood Hennin Jeongjagwan Jewish Kausia
Nemes
Headwear used in Oman
Boyar Bycocket Capotain Cavalier Coal scuttle bonnet Coif Dolly Varden Dunce Fontange French hood Phrygian Gable hood Hennin Kausia Kokoshnik Miner's
Kuma_(cap)
Traditional Scottish bonnet
Boyar Bycocket Capotain Cavalier Coal scuttle bonnet Coif Dolly Varden Dunce Fontange French hood Phrygian Gable hood Hennin Kausia Kokoshnik Miner's
Tam_o'_shanter_(cap)
Traditional men's hat of Korea
Boyar Bycocket Capotain Cavalier Coal scuttle bonnet Coif Dolly Varden Dunce Fontange French hood Phrygian Gable hood Hennin Kausia Kokoshnik Miner's
Gat_(hat)
1988 studio album by Europe
wrote the album is "an offensive pop rock outing... and calling Europe "a dunce-cap posse solidly in search of cash and chicks, egregiously removed from
Out of This World (Europe album)
Out_of_This_World_(Europe_album)
English synth-pop duo
while its iconic music video featured the duo in orange body suits and tall dunce caps, in a world of computer-generated imagery. The theme was continued
Pet_Shop_Boys
Alternative rock band
album Tiny Idols Volume III by Snowglobe Records. The song "In The Corner Dunce" was released in January 2019 by the label LaunchLeft. On August 23, 2020
Aleka's_Attic
Graham Greene Vegetables 12 January 2020 Michael Lewis A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole A photo album 19 January 2020 Baroness Sue Campbell
List of Desert Island Discs episodes (2011–2020)
List_of_Desert_Island_Discs_episodes_(2011–2020)
Founding Father, U.S. president 1797 to 1801
achievements" but, among the clergy, the "pretended sanctity of some absolute dunces". He had reservations about his self-described "trumpery" and failure to
John_Adams
Women's fashion of 18th-century Europe
Calath crown (headdress) Capotain Caubeen Cavalier Coif Coonskin Cornette Dunce Fillet French hood Fontange Futou Gable hood Hennin Jeongjagwan Jewish Kausia
Robe_de_cour
Women's undergarment
Calath crown (headdress) Capotain Caubeen Cavalier Coif Coonskin Cornette Dunce Fillet French hood Fontange Futou Gable hood Hennin Jeongjagwan Jewish Kausia
Bustle
Traditional wool hat from Caucasus
Boyar Bycocket Capotain Cavalier Coal scuttle bonnet Coif Dolly Varden Dunce Fontange French hood Phrygian Gable hood Hennin Kausia Kokoshnik Miner's
Papakha
11th and 12th century European shoe with long upturned toe
Calath crown (headdress) Capotain Caubeen Cavalier Coif Coonskin Cornette Dunce Fillet French hood Fontange Futou Gable hood Hennin Jeongjagwan Jewish Kausia
Pigache
Ancient type of rustic footwear
Calath crown (headdress) Capotain Caubeen Cavalier Coif Coonskin Cornette Dunce Fillet French hood Fontange Futou Gable hood Hennin Jeongjagwan Jewish Kausia
Carbatina
American television game show
contestant who accidentally responds in the form of a question is made to wear a dunce cap for the rest of the round. Stein replaces the eliminated contestant
Win_Ben_Stein's_Money
Season of television series
Homecoming football game, Lois notes how Chris has been crowned Homecoming Dunce four times in a row. By manifesting the credentials, she snags a position
Family_Guy_season_22
2013 single by In This Moment
raw vulnerable emotion. The word 'whore' written down my back, and the dunce cap symbolize me placing myself on the stake for those who are suffering
Whore_(song)
Elaborate ornamental headpiece
Boyar Bycocket Capotain Cavalier Coal scuttle bonnet Coif Dolly Varden Dunce Fontange French hood Phrygian Gable hood Hennin Kausia Kokoshnik Miner's
Fascinator
American CGI-animated TV series
peacemaker and not let her annoyance get to him, especially when she calls him "Dunce" rather than his real name. During lunchtime, Deuce is starting to get angry
Monster_High_(TV_series)
American actress (1957–2024)
Consultant" 2001 The Angry Beavers Announcer, Narxa Voice, episode: "Line Duncing" 2001 The Ellen Show Bunny Hopstetter 6 episodes 2002 St. Sass Ms. Fester
Diane_Delano
Cone-shaped pointed hat, worn by Jews in Medieval Europe and parts of the Islamic world
Calath crown (headdress) Capotain Caubeen Cavalier Coif Coonskin Cornette Dunce Fillet French hood Fontange Futou Gable hood Hennin Jeongjagwan Jewish Kausia
Jewish_hat
1993 studio album by Pet Shop Boys
games. They wore surreal costumes, like the orange jumpsuits with tall dunce caps for "Can You Forgive Her?", and their music videos, directed by Howard
Very_(Pet_Shop_Boys_album)
Chinese shoes for women with bound feet
Calath crown (headdress) Capotain Caubeen Cavalier Coif Coonskin Cornette Dunce Fillet French hood Fontange Futou Gable hood Hennin Jeongjagwan Jewish Kausia
Lotus_shoe
Type of visor
Boyar Bycocket Capotain Cavalier Coal scuttle bonnet Coif Dolly Varden Dunce Fontange French hood Phrygian Gable hood Hennin Kausia Kokoshnik Miner's
Green_eyeshade
Medieval women's headgear
Boyar Bycocket Capotain Cavalier Coal scuttle bonnet Coif Dolly Varden Dunce Fontange French hood Phrygian Gable hood Hennin Kausia Kokoshnik Miner's
Hennin
Type of hat from the Alps
Boyar Bycocket Capotain Cavalier Coal scuttle bonnet Coif Dolly Varden Dunce Fontange French hood Phrygian Gable hood Hennin Kausia Kokoshnik Miner's
Tyrolean_hat
2025 Canadian comedy film by Matt Johnson
in the United States. The original version, inspired by A Confederacy of Dunces, featured Matt and Jay in the RV on a road trip across the US meeting people
Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie
Nirvanna_the_Band_the_Show_the_Movie
1987 biographical film by Bernardo Bertolucci
prisoners punished as an anti-revolutionary in the parade, forced to wear a dunce cap and a sandwich board bearing punitive slogans. Puyi visits the Palace
The_Last_Emperor
(drawing). The series tells the adventures of Ducobu, a comic and eccentric dunce. The series first appeared in September, 1992, in the Belgian comics magazine
L'Élève_Ducobu
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