duncehood

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Hmm, "nonce," "chiaroscuro," and "purlieu" were the only ones I knew -- and I agree with elck that 3 out of 18 definitely equates to duncehood.

languagehat.com: BEAT THE JUDGE. 2004
Buildings, and Pimlico Palace, and all your other vulgarisms and trivialities on your shoulders, you bully your way out of your disgrace of duncehood, like Mike Lambourne on forgetting his part in the

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 343, May 1844 Various
The officer who ordered the mortar round fired deserves the IDF medal for duncehood.

Israelated - English Israel blogs 2009
sorry to have my usual “duncehood” showing so much!

Gratests of Teh Awl Tiem Lolz Nominashunz - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
"The dunce subjective is the dunce from his own point of view, -- the dunce with his eyes turned inward, -- confining his duncehood to the bosom of his family.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 29, March, 1860 Various