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duncery

Meaning of "duncery" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF DUNCERY

ˈdʌnsrɪ


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DUNCERY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Duncery is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES DUNCERY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of duncery in the English dictionary

The definition of duncery in the dictionary is the characteristic behaviour or the state of being a dunce or a dullard.



WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DUNCERY

nursery

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DUNCERY

dunce · dunce cap · dunce´s cap · duncedom · duncelike · dunch · duncical · duncish · duncishly · Dundalk · Dundee · Dundee cake · dunder · dunderfunk · dunderhead · dunderheaded · dunderheadedness · dunderheadism · dunderpate

WORDS THAT END LIKE DUNCERY

chancery · court of chancery · embracery · fan tracery · greengrocery · grocery · in chancery · mercery · sorcery · spicery · sword and sorcery · tracery

Synonyms and antonyms of duncery in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «duncery» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DUNCERY

Find out the translation of duncery to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of duncery from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «duncery» in English.
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duncery
1,325 millions of speakers
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duncery
570 millions of speakers
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duncery
510 millions of speakers
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duncery
380 millions of speakers
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duncery
280 millions of speakers
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duncery
278 millions of speakers
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duncery
270 millions of speakers
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duncery
260 millions of speakers
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duncery
220 millions of speakers
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Kecurigaan
190 millions of speakers
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duncery
180 millions of speakers
ja

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duncery
130 millions of speakers
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duncery
85 millions of speakers
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Duncery
85 millions of speakers
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duncery
80 millions of speakers
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duncery
75 millions of speakers
mr

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रंगीबेरंगी करणे
75 millions of speakers
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duncery
70 millions of speakers
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duncery
65 millions of speakers
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duncery
50 millions of speakers
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duncery
40 millions of speakers
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duncery
30 millions of speakers
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duncery
15 millions of speakers
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duncery
14 millions of speakers
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duncery
10 millions of speakers
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duncery
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of duncery

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DUNCERY»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about duncery

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DUNCERY»

Discover the use of duncery in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to duncery and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The bishop, a series of letters to a newly-created prelate
The Duncery, a well-united though not yet an incorporated body, has assumed it as a maxim that extent of information is inconsistent with depth, and that the nearer the approach made to perfection in any one science, the more certain is the ...
Bishop, 1841
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The Poetical Works of Robert Southey: Complete in One Volume
Notwithstanding this explicit declaration, the duncery of that day attacked me as if 1 had consldered the measure of Thalnba to be in itself essentially and absolutely better than blank verse. The duncery of this day may probably pursue the ...
Robert Southey, 1853
3
The Dublin University Magazine
other for some time at Cambridge ; it was that “ impertinent yoke of prelaty,” as he calls it, “under whoee inmsitorial and tyrannical duncery no rec and splendid wit can flourish,” that bittered his soul and drove him out of the church, with the ...
4
The Poetical Works of Robert Southey. Complete in one ...
Notwithstanding this explicit declaration, the duncery of that day attacked me as if I had considered the measure of Thalaba to be in itself essentially and absolutely better than blank verse. The duncery of this day may probably pursue the.
Robert Southey, 1847
5
The Notorious Sir John Hill: The Man Destroyed by Ambition ...
Writing with D'Israeli's book at his side, Wright visualized a Hill located at the epicenter of taste's transformation from duncery to “Pertness.” His stunning chapter on “The Reign of Pertness"—the strange word we have fleshed out in this  ...
George Rousseau, 2012
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Poetical works
Notwithstanding this explicit declaration, the duncery of that day attacked mc as if I had considered the measure of Thalaba to be in itself essentially and absolutely better thau blank verse. The duncery of this day may probably pursue the same ...
Robert Southey, 1829
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The Poetical Works of Robert Southey: Complete in One Volume
Notwithstanding this explicit declaration, the duncery of that day attacked me as if had considered the measure of Thalaba to be in itself essentially and absolutely better than blank verse. The duncery of this day may probably pursue the same ...
Robert Southey, 1829
8
The poetical works, collected by himself
... it were, the Arabesque ornament of an Arabian tale. Notwithstanding this explicit declaration, the duncery of that day attacked me as if I had considered the measure of Thalaba to be in itself essentially and absolutely better than blank verse.
Robert Southey, 1838
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The poetical works: Complete in one Volume
Notwithstanding this explicit declaration, the duncery of that day attacked me as if 1 had considered the measure of Thalaba to be in itself essentially and absolutely better than blank verse. The duncery of this day may probably pursue the ...
Robert Southey, 1844
10
Genre and Ethics: The Education of an Eighteenth-century Critic
purport. Those are all individual enterprises, involving students, writers and critics alone with their consciences, related but not amenable to ideological analysis. Perhaps Dryden realized that duncery was about to become a major enterprise, ...
Edward Tomarken, 2002

9 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DUNCERY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term duncery is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Last Days: The Week in Review Diabolical Doctors, Self-Spoofing …
THURSDAY, JUNE 11 Speaking of religious-right duncery, the week continued with Mike Huckabee, the former Arkansas governor, former FOX ... «TheStranger.com, Jun 15»
2
Too much beer to blame for blogger's felony charge for fake email
The whole fiasco is filled with all sorts of duncery. Gibson, who identifies as a blogger and Democratic campaign volunteer, used to volunteer ... «SaintPetersBlog, May 15»
3
LinkedIn Will Give You A Whopping $1 For Leaking Your Password
... to pay each eligible screwed-over person a truly tiny settlement in one of the most arrogant and insulting settlements for digital duncery yet. «Gizmodo Australia, Feb 15»
4
Punitive Poles, Judicial Jujitsu, and Honest-to God Good News
This duncery will inspire its own righteously sardonic backlash, along the lines of "If you don't want your baby molested, don't have a baby! «TheStranger.com, Sep 14»
5
Morrissey's 'gay' relationship edited from US edition of Autobiography
... turkey pardon tradition and attacked the "crassness and international duncery of the British so-called royal family" in another aggressive letter ... «Irish Independent, Dec 13»
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Morrissey attacks 'airhead' Kate Middleton and calls 'thickwit' sister …
... there is no outrage since the crassness and international duncery of the British so-called 'royal family' remains the great unsaid in British print ... «Mirror.co.uk, Nov 13»
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Morrissey backs Russell Brand's no vote call in tirade against British …
... who spoke in favour of horsemeat consumption last week, lamenting the “crassness and international duncery of the British so-called 'royal ... «The Independent, Nov 13»
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Why are male drivers always boy racers at heart?
Once you confuse breaking a law you dislike with a noble act of civil disobedience, and confuse duncery of the kind confessed above with ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Sep 12»
9
Vampire Diaries Rewind, Part 2: That's More Like It!
Damon showed up with a box full of Vervain, and so began her duncery. She told Damon that she's looking for a vampire who arrived in town ... «TV.com, Nov 10»
REFERENCE
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