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duncify

verb · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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verb

Meaning 1

To make stupid in intellect.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • July 8 1759 William Warburton, letter to Richard Hurd Here you have a fellow ten thousand times more duncified than dunce Webster

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Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From dunce + -ify.