| 1. | a traditional jester's cap or hood, often multicolored and usually having several drooping peaks from which bells are hung. |
| 2. | dunce cap. |
| a tall, cone-shaped hat formerly worn by slow or lazy students as a punishment in school. |
| 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. |
| fool's cap (fōōlz) n.
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