tripos
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noun
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Etymology
Origin of tripos
1580–90; pseudo-Hellenization of Latin tripūs tripod
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Apsid- apsides apsis Cantharid- cantharides cantharis Chrysalid- chrysalides chrysalis Ephemerid- ephemerides ephemeris Tripod- tripodes tripos.
From A Handbook of the English Language by Latham, R. G. (Robert Gordon)
The mathematical tripos founded at Cambridge in the middle of the century became the prototype of all competitive examinations; and half a century later Oxford followed the precedent by the Examination Statute of 1800.
From The English Utilitarians, Volume I. by Stephen, Leslie, Sir
Hippanthigh: I was third in the classical tripos at Cambridge, Mr. Sladder.
From Plays of Near & Far by Dunsany, Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, Baron
After the tripos excitements, some of the students leave their dream-world of study and talk of "cocoas" and debates and athletics to begin their work in the real world.
From Condemned as a Nihilist A Story of Escape from Siberia by Paget, Walter
In 1854 he took his degree as fourth junior optime, and fourth in the first class of the classical tripos.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" by Various
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