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dunceish

dunceish is the alternative form of duncish.

Meaning of duncish

Adjective

duncish (comparative more duncish, superlative most duncish)

  1. Of the nature of a dunce; duncelike.

Forms of dunceish

comparativemore dunceish
superlativemost dunceish

Origin of dunceish

From dunce + -ish.

Questions about dunceish

What is dunceish the alternative form of?
Dunceish is the alternative form of duncish.

Words near dunceish in the dictionary

  1. dunce's cap
  2. duncedom
  3. duncehead
  4. dunceheads
  5. duncehood
  6. dunceish
  7. duncelike
  8. duncely
  9. dunceries
  10. duncery
  11. dunces

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Adapted from Wiktionary: dunceish (page history and authors); duncish (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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