optime

American  

[op-tuh-mee] / ˈɒp təˌmi /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of optime

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

Example Sentences

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

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

From Bibliomania in the Middle Ages by Merryweather, Frederick Somner

Servius tells us that the pontifices addressed even Jupiter himself thus: "Iupiter optime maxime, sive quo alio nomine te appellari volueris."

From The Religious Experience of the Roman People From the Earliest Times to the Age of Augustus by Fowler, W. Warde

The small chorister's face was glowing—      "Triune Deus, hominum       Salutis auctor optime,       Immensum hoc mysterium       Ovante lingua canimus!"

From The Ship of Stars by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir