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Definition of Dunce cap
1. Noun. A cone-shaped paper hat formerly placed on the head of slow or lazy pupils.
Definition of Dunce cap
1. Noun. A conical hat one pupil is forced to wear to indicate he is a dunce. ¹
2. Noun. The topological space obtained by identifying the sides comprising the boundary of a triangle, two sides with consistent orientation and the third with the reverse orientation. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dunce Cap
Literary usage of Dunce cap
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Citizen, Jr. by Clara Ewing Espey (1922)
"So, for these lessons, maybe you will like to have as your everyday slogan
something about your speech. "Watch Your Words." LESSON 17 DUNCE-CAP TALK ONE of ..."
2. The Psychology of Subnormal Children by Leta Stetter Hollingworth (1920)
"Their education proceeded by the birch-rod, dunce-cap method. ... Everyone will
recall the inevitable dunce, sitting in the corner with his dunce-cap on. ..."
3. The Nursery by John L. Shorey (Firm (1870)
"Henry did not have on the dunce's cap that day. He had been a good boy, and had
learned his lesson well. I hope he will not play the dunce any more. ..."
4. Fors Clavigera: Letters to the Workmen and Labourers of Great Britain by John Ruskin (1876)
"... so I think we may conclude that a shell grows by adding on length only to the
large end of a tapering tube, like a dunce's cap, which, however, ..."
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