emerita
Americanadjective
noun
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emeritae
plural
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Etymology
Origin of emerita
< Latin, feminine of ēmeritus emeritus
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Bethany Brand, a clinical psychologist and professor emerita at Towson University who specializes in trauma and dissociative disorders, describes dissociation as “a kind of disconnection from yourself or your experience.”
From Slate ● Sep. 23, 2026
“The ABCs are very important,” said Teresa Amabile, a professor emerita at Harvard Business School.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026
"Right away, I knew it was something really special," says Voight, curator emerita of invertebrates at the Field Museum in Chicago and the lead author of the study describing the new species.
From Science Daily ● May 25, 2026
Jeanne Abrams is professor emerita at the University of Denver and author of “Revolutionary Medicine: The Founding Fathers and Mothers in Sickness and in Health.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 14, 2026
No sooner had the "lady," as Byron was pleased to call her, played her part as decoy, than she was discharged as emerita.
From The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 3 by Ernest Hartley Coleridge
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