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optime

American

[op-tuh-mee] / ˈɒp təˌmi /

noun

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

Etymology

Origin of optime

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

Example Sentences

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Ecclesiam Catholicam Romanam optime a mediocris Bavari bureaucrat semel tasked cum concelamento foedissimis iniquitatem, cuius ineptitudinem in illa job nunc ostendit eo ad nos sicut homo personaliter et professionally responsible pro enabling sordida unda sceleris.

From Slate • Feb. 11, 2013

The jokes tend to be lame: Primus: "Noah Webster optime Anglice locutus est."

From Time Magazine Archive

I took down the Statius, and on returning it, exclaimed "Exemplar pulcherrimum et optime conservatum."

From A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume Three by Dibdin, Thomas Frognall

"Erat. enin literarum scientiæ satis imbutus; regulari disciplina optime instructus; sapientia seculari plenissime eruditus."

From Bibliomania in the Middle Ages by Merryweather, Frederick Somner

Huc, hospes, oculos flecte, sed lacrimis caecos, Legit optime haec, quem legere non sinit fletus.

From The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume II (of 2) by Crashaw, Richard

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