Sophomore

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sophomore \Soph"o*more\, n. [Probably fr. soph or sophister +
     Gr. ? foolish. The word was probably introduced into the
     United States at an early date, from the University of
     Cambridge, England. Among the cant terms at that university,
     as given in the Gradus ad Cantabrigiam, we find Soph-Mor as
     "the next distinctive appellation to Freshman," but the term


     has now almost ceased to be known at the English university
     from whence it came.]
     One belonging to the second of the four classes in an
     American college, or one next above a freshman. [Formerly
     written also {sophimore}.]
     [1913 Webster] Sophomoric

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  sophomore
       adj : used of the second year in United States high school or
             college; "the sophomore class"; "his sophomore year"
             [syn: {sophomore(a)}, {second-year}]
       n : a second-year undergraduate