op|ti|me

op|ti|me «OP tuh mee», noun.

British. a candidate for honors in mathematics at Cambridge University. Those in the second grade of honors are called senior optimes; those in the third grade are called junior optimes.

╂[apparently < New Latin optime (disputasti) (you have disputed) very well < Latin optimē, adverb < optimus; see etym. under optimism (Cf. ↑optimism)]