tripos

[trahy-pos]

noun, plural tri·pos·es.

(at Cambridge University, England) any of various final honors examinations.

Origin of tripos

1580–90; pseudo-Hellenization of Latin tripūs tripod

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Examples from the Web for tripos

Historical Examples of tripos

This 'consolation stakes' is regarded as a better test of originality than the tripos.
Heroes of the Telegraph
J. Munro
When the Tripos of 1822 made its appearance, his name did not grace the list.
Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay
George Otto Trevelyan
Ansell, at the end of his third year, got a first in the Moral Science Tripos.
The Longest Journey
E. M. Forster
But before those Tripos Papers I bow my head in humble adoration.
The Romance of Mathematics
P. Hampson
In the learned doublets tripod and tripos we have the Greek form.
The Romance of Words (4th ed.)
Ernest Weekley

British Dictionary definitions for tripos

tripos

noun

British the final honours degree examinations in all subjects at Cambridge University

Word Origin for tripos

C16: from Latin tripūs, influenced by Greek noun ending -os

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