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duncified

duncified is the simple past and past participle of duncify.

Meaning of duncify

Verb

duncify (third-person singular simple present duncifies, present participle duncifying, simple past and past participle duncified)

  1. (transitive) To make stupid in intellect.
    • July 8 1759 William Warburton, letter to Richard Hurd
      Here you have a fellow ten thousand times more duncified than dunce Webster

Questions about duncified

What is duncified the simple past and past participle of?
Duncified is the simple past and past participle of duncify.

Words near duncified in the dictionary

  1. dunching
  2. Dunchurch
  3. Dunciad
  4. Dunciads
  5. duncical
  6. duncified
  7. duncifies
  8. duncify
  9. duncifying
  10. duncish
  11. duncishly

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