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Use dunce's cap in a Sentence ... See web results for dunce's cap ... dunce cap also dunce's cap (dŭn'sĭz) n. A cone-shaped paper cap, formerly placed on the head of a slow or lazy pupil. Also called fool's cap...
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Dunce cap - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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A dunce cap , also variously known as a dunce hat , dunce's cap , or dunce's hat , is a pointy hat. In popular culture, it is typically made of paper and often marked with a D or the word "dun...
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Dunce - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A dunce is a person incapable of learning. The word is derived from the name of the great Scholastic theologian and philosopher John Duns Scotus, whose works on logic, theology and philosophy were a...
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It all started when someone asked why Kate Bush was wearing a "D" on a cone-shaped hat in her "Sat In Your Lap" video and has now turned into my quest to learn the origin of the dunce cap and why it was used in classroom...
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Brief and Straightforward Guide: What is a Dunce Cap? ... A dunce cap is a conical paper hat, frequently marked with either the letter “D” or the word “dunce,” and formerly used as a method of punishment through public humiliation in classrooms. ... Could this be the origin of the old saying "Put your thinking cap on?
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Both the dunce cap and the word dunce owe their origin to John Duns Scotus, a 13th century scholar whose followers wore such hats to increase learning, based on the even older tradition of wizards wearing pointy hats.
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As it turns out, the dunce cap comes from a 13th-century philosopher named John Duns Scotus, who, not surpisingly, was born in Duns, Scotland. ... So the logic behind the dunce cap is that it makes slow pupils learn better, but it was later used to humiliate the wearer and motivate students to try harder.
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T-Mobile has abandoned the 1GB monthly usage cap it originally set for its forthcoming Android G1 phone. Seems the company finally saw the irony of offering subscribers a $25-a-month unlimited data plan and then penalizing them for excessive data usage.
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How did the dunce cap originate? I'd like to say I knew all this but I didn't. My thanks to drublic for giving me a chance to learn something new: The word... ... According to the Oxford English Dictionary (2nd edition), "dunce cap" didn't enter the English language until after the term "dunce" was so transformed.
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