soph|o|more

soph|o|more
soph|o|more «SOF uh mr, -mohr; SOF mr, -mohr», noun, adjective.
–n.
a student in the second year of a four-year high school or college.
–adj.
1. of or having to do with the second-year students: »

the sophomore year.

2. of or for sophomores.
[earlisophumer (originally) (one) taking part in dialectic exercises < sophom, -um, variant of sophisme sophism]

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  • more — apish·a·more; bilt·more; clay·more; coth·a·more; creed·more; crest·more·ite; for·ev·er·more; fur·ther·more; gill·more; gos·more; hack·a·more; mat·ta·more; more; more·ish; more·ness; more·over; more·pork; more·ton; sag·a·more; soph·o·more;… …   English syllables

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  • sophomore — soph|o|more [ˈsɔfəmo: US ˈsa:fəmo:r] n [Date: 1600 1700; Origin: Probably from Greek sophos ( SOPHISTRY) + moros stupid ] AmE a student who is in their second year of study at a college or ↑high school →↑freshman, junior ↑junior, senior ↑senior …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • sophomore — soph|o|more [ safə,mɔr ] noun count AMERICAN a student in the second year of college or high school …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • sophomore — soph•o•more [[t]ˈsɒf əˌmɔr, ˌmoʊr; ˈsɒf mɔr, moʊr[/t]] n. edu a student in the second year at a high school, college, or university • Etymology: 1645–55; earlier sophumer, perh. =sophum sophism+ er I …   From formal English to slang

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  • sophimore — 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 Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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