optime

[ op-tuh-mee ]

noun

1. (formerly at Cambridge University, England) a student taking second or third honors in the mathematical tripos. Compare wrangler ( def 2 ).

Word History and Origins

Origin of optime¹

1700–10; extracted from Latin phrase optimē ( disputasti ) (you have argued) very well

Example Sentences

In 1854 he took his degree as fourth junior optime, and fourth in the first class of the classical tripos.

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Ut navem, ut aedificium idem destruit facillime qui construxit, sic hominem eadem optime quae conglutinavit natura dissolvit.

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Ergo humanum genus bene se habet et optime, quando secundum quod potest Deo adsimilatur.

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The young fellow sitting near me winked; and the divinity-student said, in an undertone,—Optime dictum.

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He achieved the rare distinction of obtaining an optime for both Greek and for physics.

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