aegrotatn.

Brit.

/ˈʌɪɡrə(ʊ)tat/,

/ˈiːɡrə(ʊ)tat/, U.S.

/iˈɡroʊˌtæt/,

/ˈiɡroʊˌtæt/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin aegrōtat, aegrōtāre.

Etymology: < classical Latin aegrōtat ‘he is sick’, 3rd person singular of aegrōtāre (see aegrotant n.). N.E.D. (1884) gives the pronunciation as (igrō^u·tæ̆t) /iːˈɡrəʊtæt/. Pronunciation with stress on the first syllable is recorded in the first edition of D. Jones Eng. Pronouncing Dict. (1917). Pronunciation with a diphthong in the first syllable is recorded in British dictionaries from the 1980s.

1. In a university or college: a certificate that a student is too ill to attend an examination, etc. Cf. aeger adj. and n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > [noun] > certificate of illness

foul bill of health1721

foul bill1759

aegrotat1794

aeger1852

1794 Gentleman's Mag. Dec. 1085/2 They sported knowing, and they sported ignorant; they sported an ægrotat... They sported an exeat, they sported a dormiat.

1835 R. Gooch Nuts to Crack 33 He used to get his medical attendant to give him an ægrotat (put him on the sick list).

1841 Westm. Rev. Apr. 235/2 Some men let themselves down off their horses, and send for an ægrotat on the score of a fall.

1864 C. Babbage Passages Life Philosopher 37 I sent my servant to the apothecary for a thing called an aegrotat, which I understood..meant a certificate that I was indisposed.

1926 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 2 310/1 The sporting man,..who, after drinking much wine and indulging in Cyprian adventures..finds himself compelled to send for a surgeon, and is obliged to get an aegrotat.

1986 Times (Nexis) 22 July I hated games. So did practically everybody... The only competition was about who could get an aegrotat for some trifling ailment.

2. An examination pass or (North American) a credit awarded to a student prevented from sitting an examination because of illness.

ΘΚΠ

society > education > educational administration > examination > [noun] > marks > pass or pass without honours > awarded to candidate absent through illness

aegrotat1887

society > education > educational administration > examination > [noun] > marks > point or credit > awarded to candidate absent through illness

aegrotat1985

1887 Belgravia 63 119 ‘He had taken his degree.’.. ‘Well, it was an ægrotat or something of that sort, I expect.’

1891 Granta 6 June 363/1 Exhaustion caused by the physical pain and mental worry forced him to give up his Tripos..and content himself with an Ægrotat.

1904 J. T. Fowler Durham Univ. ii. 42 In 1835 no ægrotat was to be received without a medical certificate.

1943 G. G. Coulton Fourscore Years xiii. 124 Spratt advised me to take an aegrotat, promising a testimonial which would..do more for me than the sorry place which was sure to result from papers written in my room when I ought to be in hospital.

1985 Undergraduate Cal. (Univ. Waterloo, Ontario) i. 7/2 AEG, aegrotat, credit granted due to illness.

Compounds

General attributive, esp. in aegrotat degree.

ΚΠ

1829 Ann. Biogr. & Obituary XIII. i. xix. 251 Precluded by this cause from engaging in the honourable contention of the senate-house, he received what is academically termed an aegrotat degree, commencing BA in 1794.

1843 Cambr. Univ. Cal. Addenda p. viii An ægrotat term is never allowed for sickness before residence.

1943 G. G. Coulton Fourscore Years xiii. 125 Tyke..managed to get a medical certificate which legitimated his claim for an aegrotat degree.

2009 R. Price Ardent Spirits xiv. 234 He'd almost surely get an aegrotat degree.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	aegrotat
释义	aegrotatn. Brit. /ˈʌɪɡrə(ʊ)tat/, /ˈiːɡrə(ʊ)tat/, U.S. /iˈɡroʊˌtæt/, /ˈiɡroʊˌtæt/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin aegrōtat, aegrōtāre. Etymology: < classical Latin aegrōtat ‘he is sick’, 3rd person singular of aegrōtāre (see aegrotant n.). N.E.D. (1884) gives the pronunciation as (igrō^u·tæ̆t) /iːˈɡrəʊtæt/. Pronunciation with stress on the first syllable is recorded in the first edition of D. Jones Eng. Pronouncing Dict. (1917). Pronunciation with a diphthong in the first syllable is recorded in British dictionaries from the 1980s. 1. In a university or college: a certificate that a student is too ill to attend an examination, etc. Cf. aeger adj. and n. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > [noun] > certificate of illness foul bill of health1721 foul bill1759 aegrotat1794 aeger1852 1794 Gentleman's Mag. Dec. 1085/2 They sported knowing, and they sported ignorant; they sported an ægrotat... They sported an exeat, they sported a dormiat. 1835 R. Gooch Nuts to Crack 33 He used to get his medical attendant to give him an ægrotat (put him on the sick list). 1841 Westm. Rev. Apr. 235/2 Some men let themselves down off their horses, and send for an ægrotat on the score of a fall. 1864 C. Babbage Passages Life Philosopher 37 I sent my servant to the apothecary for a thing called an aegrotat, which I understood..meant a certificate that I was indisposed. 1926 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 2 310/1 The sporting man,..who, after drinking much wine and indulging in Cyprian adventures..finds himself compelled to send for a surgeon, and is obliged to get an aegrotat. 1986 Times (Nexis) 22 July I hated games. So did practically everybody... The only competition was about who could get an aegrotat for some trifling ailment. 2. An examination pass or (North American) a credit awarded to a student prevented from sitting an examination because of illness. ΘΚΠ society > education > educational administration > examination > [noun] > marks > pass or pass without honours > awarded to candidate absent through illness aegrotat1887 society > education > educational administration > examination > [noun] > marks > point or credit > awarded to candidate absent through illness aegrotat1985 1887 Belgravia 63 119 ‘He had taken his degree.’.. ‘Well, it was an ægrotat or something of that sort, I expect.’ 1891 Granta 6 June 363/1 Exhaustion caused by the physical pain and mental worry forced him to give up his Tripos..and content himself with an Ægrotat. 1904 J. T. Fowler Durham Univ. ii. 42 In 1835 no ægrotat was to be received without a medical certificate. 1943 G. G. Coulton Fourscore Years xiii. 124 Spratt advised me to take an aegrotat, promising a testimonial which would..do more for me than the sorry place which was sure to result from papers written in my room when I ought to be in hospital. 1985 Undergraduate Cal. (Univ. Waterloo, Ontario) i. 7/2 AEG, aegrotat, credit granted due to illness. Compounds General attributive, esp. in aegrotat degree. ΚΠ 1829 Ann. Biogr. & Obituary XIII. i. xix. 251 Precluded by this cause from engaging in the honourable contention of the senate-house, he received what is academically termed an aegrotat degree, commencing BA in 1794. 1843 Cambr. Univ. Cal. Addenda p. viii An ægrotat term is never allowed for sickness before residence. 1943 G. G. Coulton Fourscore Years xiii. 125 Tyke..managed to get a medical certificate which legitimated his claim for an aegrotat degree. 2009 R. Price Ardent Spirits xiv. 234 He'd almost surely get an aegrotat degree. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1794
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