optimen.

Brit.

/ˈɒptᵻmeɪ/, U.S.

/ˈɑptəˌmeɪ/

Forms: 1700s optimè, 1700s– optime, 1900s– optimé.

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

Etymology: < classical Latin optimē best, very well ( < optimus best (see optimum n.) + -ē , suffix forming adverbs), in the post-classical Latin phrase optime disputasti you have disputed very well (C. Wordsworth Scholæ Acad. (1877) 37–8, reporting practice in Cambridge in the early 19th cent.). Compare op n.², opt n.

A person placed in the second or third class in the Mathematical Tripos at Cambridge University (called respectively senior and junior optimes), or (in extended use) in any other subject; a degree in such a class. Also figurative. proctors' optime n. a degree formerly granted without examination on the authority of senior university officers.

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optime1658

wrangler1750

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wooden spoon1803

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senior wrangler1831

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senior classic1859

1658 J. Wallis Let. 12 Oct. in Corr. (2003) I. 534 You may put them under the rank of Optime, or..Egregie.

1710 W. Reneu Let. 10 Feb. in C. Wordsworth Scholae Academicae (1877) 305 He took his degree very honourably, and I believe will have an optimè.

1764 in Cambr. Univ. Cal. (1797) 169 Ds More Trin. 1st Sr. Optime..Ds Love Caii 1st Jun. Optime.

1840 Encycl. Brit. XXI. 505/1 Their names are..classed in three divisions, viz. wranglers, senior optimes, and junior optimes, which constitute the three orders of honour.

a1902 S. Butler Way of All Flesh (1903) xlvi. 210 He..was found to be placed..among the first three or four senior optimes.

1924 H. H. Asquith Stud. & Sketches i. 14 He puts Cicerone..‘at the head of the minds of the second order’: not quite a Wrangler (as it were), but a good Senior Optime.

1981 Times Lit. Suppl. 9 Apr. 277/3 The only case for many years in which a student obtained the honour of an optimé in more than one subject.

2002 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 11 Sept. 30 Mollie graduated from Girton College, Cambridge, as Senior Optime in Mathematics, although at that time Cambridge did not permit women graduates to receive their degree at a conferring ceremony.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	optime
释义	optimen. Brit. /ˈɒptᵻmeɪ/, U.S. /ˈɑptəˌmeɪ/ Forms: 1700s optimè, 1700s– optime, 1900s– optimé. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin optimē. Etymology: < classical Latin optimē best, very well ( < optimus best (see optimum n.) + -ē , suffix forming adverbs), in the post-classical Latin phrase optime disputasti you have disputed very well (C. Wordsworth Scholæ Acad. (1877) 37–8, reporting practice in Cambridge in the early 19th cent.). Compare op n.², opt n. A person placed in the second or third class in the Mathematical Tripos at Cambridge University (called respectively senior and junior optimes), or (in extended use) in any other subject; a degree in such a class. Also figurative. proctors' optime n. a degree formerly granted without examination on the authority of senior university officers. ΘΚΠ society > education > educational administration > examination > [noun] > candidates > who passes > passing at university > placed in tripos optime1658 wrangler1750 opt1755 optimate1792 wooden spoon1803 spoon1824 op1828 senior wrangler1831 wedge1852 senior classic1859 1658 J. Wallis Let. 12 Oct. in Corr. (2003) I. 534 You may put them under the rank of Optime, or..Egregie. 1710 W. Reneu Let. 10 Feb. in C. Wordsworth Scholae Academicae (1877) 305 He took his degree very honourably, and I believe will have an optimè. 1764 in Cambr. Univ. Cal. (1797) 169 Ds More Trin. 1st Sr. Optime..Ds Love Caii 1st Jun. Optime. 1840 Encycl. Brit. XXI. 505/1 Their names are..classed in three divisions, viz. wranglers, senior optimes, and junior optimes, which constitute the three orders of honour. a1902 S. Butler Way of All Flesh (1903) xlvi. 210 He..was found to be placed..among the first three or four senior optimes. 1924 H. H. Asquith Stud. & Sketches i. 14 He puts Cicerone..‘at the head of the minds of the second order’: not quite a Wrangler (as it were), but a good Senior Optime. 1981 Times Lit. Suppl. 9 Apr. 277/3 The only case for many years in which a student obtained the honour of an optimé in more than one subject. 2002 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 11 Sept. 30 Mollie graduated from Girton College, Cambridge, as Senior Optime in Mathematics, although at that time Cambridge did not permit women graduates to receive their degree at a conferring ceremony. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1658
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