emeritaadj.

Brit.

/ᵻˈmɛrᵻtə/, U.S.

/əˈmɛrədə/,

/iˈmɛrədə/

Forms: also with capital initial.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin ēmerita.

Etymology: < Latin ēmerita, feminine of ēmeritus (see emeritus adj. and n.); formed as a feminine equivalent to emeritus adj.

Modifying the occupation or official title of a woman, esp. an academic: retired, former (and retaining the title as an honour). Chiefly as postmodifer.

ΚΠ

1842 J. W. Alexander Let. 10 Mar. (1860) 351 Mrs. ——'s cook (emerita) Patty, she says, is ‘as pious a woman..as I ever saw’.

1928 N.Y. Times 14 Feb. 22/8 Professor Emerita Helen Gray Cone, a graduate of Hunter, read an original poem.

1977 Britannia 8 449 (note) R.P.W. had the advantage of discussing this interpretation with Emerita Professor J. M. C. Toynbee.

2003 Canad. Geographic Jan. 9/2 ‘To do geography without doing fieldwork is a wasted opportunity,’ says the retired senior instructor emerita of geography at the University of British Columbia.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	emerita
释义	emeritaadj. Brit. /ᵻˈmɛrᵻtə/, U.S. /əˈmɛrədə/, /iˈmɛrədə/ Forms: also with capital initial. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin ēmerita. Etymology: < Latin ēmerita, feminine of ēmeritus (see emeritus adj. and n.); formed as a feminine equivalent to emeritus adj. Modifying the occupation or official title of a woman, esp. an academic: retired, former (and retaining the title as an honour). Chiefly as postmodifer. ΚΠ 1842 J. W. Alexander Let. 10 Mar. (1860) 351 Mrs. ——'s cook (emerita) Patty, she says, is ‘as pious a woman..as I ever saw’. 1928 N.Y. Times 14 Feb. 22/8 Professor Emerita Helen Gray Cone, a graduate of Hunter, read an original poem. 1977 Britannia 8 449 (note) R.P.W. had the advantage of discussing this interpretation with Emerita Professor J. M. C. Toynbee. 2003 Canad. Geographic Jan. 9/2 ‘To do geography without doing fieldwork is a wasted opportunity,’ says the retired senior instructor emerita of geography at the University of British Columbia. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1842
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