undergraduaten.adj.

Brit.

/ˌʌndəˈɡradʒʊət/,

/ˌʌndəˈɡradjʊət/,

/ˈʌndəˌɡradʒʊət/,

/ˈʌndəˌɡradjʊət/, U.S.

/ˌəndərˈɡrædʒəwət/

Forms: Also formerly under-graduate and (rarely) under graduate.

Etymology: under- prefix².

A. n.

1. A student in a university who has not yet taken a degree, and thus is still below the academical standing of a graduate.

ΘΚΠ

society > education > learning > learner > college or university student > [noun] > undergraduate

magistrand1628

undergraduate1630

man1803

undergrad1827

tassel1828

grad1958

1630 W. Laud Wks. (1854) V. 29 I think fourteen years is little enough for a bachelor of arts or undergraduate abroad.

a1670 J. Hacket Scrinia Reserata (1693) i. 20 He was an assiduous overseer and interlocutor at the afternoon disputations of the under graduates.

1721 N. Amhurst Terræ-filius No. 33 The Thesis pitch'd upon by the excluding doctors for the undergraduates to moralize upon.

1850 C. Kingsley Alton Locke I. xiii. 199 They have no influence over the rest of the under-graduates.

1882 M. E. Braddon Mt. Royal I. i. 18 The traditionary college misdemeanours handed down from generation to generation of undergraduates.

2. figurative. One imperfectly instructed, or as yet inexpert (in something).

ΘΚΠ

society > education > learning > learner > [noun] > novice or beginner

younglingOE

new-comeOE

novice1340

ginner?c1400

beginner1470

apprentice1489

prentice1489

infant1526

freshmana1557

intrant1560

enterer1565

puny?1570

weakling1575

new comeling1587

novist1587

incipient1589

puisne1592

abecedary1596

neophyte1600

abecedarian1603

bachelor1604

novelist?1608

alphabetary1611

breeching boy1611

tiro1611

alphabetarian1614

principiant1619

unexperienced1622

velvet head1631

undergraduatea1659

young stager1664

greenhorn1672

battledore boy1693

youngster1706

tironist1716

novitiatea1734

recruit1749

griffin1793

initiate1811

Johnny Newcome1815

Johnny Raw1823

griff1829

plebe1833

Johnny-come-lately1839

new chum1851

blanc-bec1853

fledgling1856

rookie1868

elementarian1876

tenderfoot1881

shorthorn1888

new kid1894

cheechako1897

ring-neck1898

Johnny1901

rook1902

fresh meat1908

malihini1914

initiand1915

stooge1930

intakea1943

cub1966

a1659 F. Osborne Characters in Wks. (1673) 624 Which is but the single and wild Opinion of some under-graduates in the Arts of Liveing.

1693 Humours & Conversat. Town 97 Thus far I myself have proceeded (that am yet an Under-graduate) in this admirable Science.

1748 S. Richardson Clarissa VII. lxxviii. 258 Now-and-then flitted in..subordinate sinners, under-graduates, younger than some of the chosen phalanx.

1795 C. Vancouver Gen. View Agric. Essex 110 Here the under graduates in iniquity commence their career with deer stealing.

1832 Edinb. Rev. 56 163 That Mr. Johnson..is still an under-graduate in modern German, will..be sufficiently apparent.

1897 ‘P. Warung’ Tales Old Regime 88 The Three who were undergraduates [in crime] muttered assent to the spokesman of the Three graduates.

B. adj.

†1. Of lower degree; of inferior importance. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > [adjective]

evil971

lowc1175

poor?c1225

feeblec1275

vilea1300

petty1372

unthende1377

secondary1386

petitc1390

unmeeta1393

illa1400

commonc1400

coarse1424

indigent1426

unlikelyc1450

lesser1464

gross1474

naughty1526

inferior1531

reprobate?1545

slender1577

unlikely1578

puny1579

under1580

wooden1592

sordid1596

puisne1598

provant1601

subministrant1604

inferious1607

sublunary1624

indifferent1638

undermatched1642

unworthy1646

underly1648

turncoated1650

female1652

undergraduate1655

farandinical1675

baddishc1736

ungenerous1745

understrapping1762

tinnified1794

demi-semi1805

shabby1805

dicky1819

poor white1821

tin-pot1838

deterior1848

substandard1850

crumby1859

cheesy1863

po'1866

not-quite1867

rocky1873

mouldy1876

low-grade1878

sketchy1878

midget1879

junky1880

ullaged1892

abysmal1904

bodgie1905

junk1908

crap1936

ropy1941

bodger1945

two-star1951

tripey1955

manky1958

schlocky1960

cack1978

wank1991

bowf1994

the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [adjective] > low or subordinate

wokec897

lessOE

lesserc1225

secondary1386

lowerc1390

subalternate?a1425

subsidiary1603

pedaneous1617

subordinate1620

undergraduate1655

subdominant1826

unlofty1869

lower case1917

1655 H. L'Estrange Reign King Charles 119 Sir Giles Allington fell also under censure for a sin of grand, though under~graduate abomination.

1659 H. L'Estrange Alliance Divine Offices 437 It is..to be supposed that in this consecration set forms were used, considering withal that they were assigned to under~graduate concernments.

2. Having the standing of an undergraduate; that is an undergraduate. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [adjective] > having no qualification

undergraduate1685

qualificationless1898

society > education > learning > learner > college or university student > [adjective] > undergraduate

undergraduate1685

pre-graduate1894

1685 in Roxburghe Ballads (1885) V. 602 See here the minor Under~graduate Tool Takes his degree i' th' Doctor's flogging school.

1687 W. Sherwin in J. R. Bloxham Magdalen Coll. & James II (1886) (modernized text) 216 There was a Cloth laid in the Hall for the undergraduate Fellow.

3. Of or belonging to an undergraduate; characteristic of undergraduates.

ΘΚΠ

society > education > learning > learner > college or university student > [adjective] > undergraduate > characteristic of

undergraduate1855

undergraduatish1925

1855 F. W. Faber Growth in Holiness (ed. 2) xix. 365 There is something undergraduate about this levity.

1889 F. E. Gretton Memory's Harkback 241 In my undergraduate days, one Ash Wednesday, there came down..a tornado of the tropics.

4. Consisting of undergraduates.

ΘΚΠ

society > education > learning > learner > college or university student > [adjective] > undergraduate > consisting of

undergraduate1868

1868 M. Pattison Suggestions Acad. Organisation iv. 109 The discipline of the undergraduate body is usually administered by the vicegerent.

Derivatives

underˈgraduatedom n. the body of undergraduates.

ΘΚΠ

society > education > learning > learner > college or university student > [noun] > undergraduate > collectively

magistrand class1642

undergraduatedom1893

1893 Westm. Gaz. 1 Mar. 3/3 He became an absentee, so as to remove the voice of undergraduatedom from the jurisdiction of the University.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	undergraduate
释义	undergraduaten.adj. Brit. /ˌʌndəˈɡradʒʊət/, /ˌʌndəˈɡradjʊət/, /ˈʌndəˌɡradʒʊət/, /ˈʌndəˌɡradjʊət/, U.S. /ˌəndərˈɡrædʒəwət/ Forms: Also formerly under-graduate and (rarely) under graduate. Etymology: under- prefix². A. n. 1. A student in a university who has not yet taken a degree, and thus is still below the academical standing of a graduate. ΘΚΠ society > education > learning > learner > college or university student > [noun] > undergraduate magistrand1628 undergraduate1630 man1803 undergrad1827 tassel1828 grad1958 1630 W. Laud Wks. (1854) V. 29 I think fourteen years is little enough for a bachelor of arts or undergraduate abroad. a1670 J. Hacket Scrinia Reserata (1693) i. 20 He was an assiduous overseer and interlocutor at the afternoon disputations of the under graduates. 1721 N. Amhurst Terræ-filius No. 33 The Thesis pitch'd upon by the excluding doctors for the undergraduates to moralize upon. 1850 C. Kingsley Alton Locke I. xiii. 199 They have no influence over the rest of the under-graduates. 1882 M. E. Braddon Mt. Royal I. i. 18 The traditionary college misdemeanours handed down from generation to generation of undergraduates. 2. figurative. One imperfectly instructed, or as yet inexpert (in something). ΘΚΠ society > education > learning > learner > [noun] > novice or beginner younglingOE new-comeOE novice1340 ginner?c1400 beginner1470 apprentice1489 prentice1489 infant1526 freshmana1557 intrant1560 enterer1565 puny?1570 weakling1575 new comeling1587 novist1587 incipient1589 puisne1592 abecedary1596 neophyte1600 abecedarian1603 bachelor1604 novelist?1608 alphabetary1611 breeching boy1611 tiro1611 alphabetarian1614 principiant1619 unexperienced1622 velvet head1631 undergraduatea1659 young stager1664 greenhorn1672 battledore boy1693 youngster1706 tironist1716 novitiatea1734 recruit1749 griffin1793 initiate1811 Johnny Newcome1815 Johnny Raw1823 griff1829 plebe1833 Johnny-come-lately1839 new chum1851 blanc-bec1853 fledgling1856 rookie1868 elementarian1876 tenderfoot1881 shorthorn1888 new kid1894 cheechako1897 ring-neck1898 Johnny1901 rook1902 fresh meat1908 malihini1914 initiand1915 stooge1930 intakea1943 cub1966 a1659 F. Osborne Characters in Wks. (1673) 624 Which is but the single and wild Opinion of some under-graduates in the Arts of Liveing. 1693 Humours & Conversat. Town 97 Thus far I myself have proceeded (that am yet an Under-graduate) in this admirable Science. 1748 S. Richardson Clarissa VII. lxxviii. 258 Now-and-then flitted in..subordinate sinners, under-graduates, younger than some of the chosen phalanx. 1795 C. Vancouver Gen. View Agric. Essex 110 Here the under graduates in iniquity commence their career with deer stealing. 1832 Edinb. Rev. 56 163 That Mr. Johnson..is still an under-graduate in modern German, will..be sufficiently apparent. 1897 ‘P. Warung’ Tales Old Regime 88 The Three who were undergraduates [in crime] muttered assent to the spokesman of the Three graduates. B. adj. †1. Of lower degree; of inferior importance. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > [adjective] evil971 lowc1175 poor?c1225 feeblec1275 vilea1300 petty1372 unthende1377 secondary1386 petitc1390 unmeeta1393 illa1400 commonc1400 coarse1424 indigent1426 unlikelyc1450 lesser1464 gross1474 naughty1526 inferior1531 reprobate?1545 slender1577 unlikely1578 puny1579 under1580 wooden1592 sordid1596 puisne1598 provant1601 subministrant1604 inferious1607 sublunary1624 indifferent1638 undermatched1642 unworthy1646 underly1648 turncoated1650 female1652 undergraduate1655 farandinical1675 baddishc1736 ungenerous1745 understrapping1762 tinnified1794 demi-semi1805 shabby1805 dicky1819 poor white1821 tin-pot1838 deterior1848 substandard1850 crumby1859 cheesy1863 po'1866 not-quite1867 rocky1873 mouldy1876 low-grade1878 sketchy1878 midget1879 junky1880 ullaged1892 abysmal1904 bodgie1905 junk1908 crap1936 ropy1941 bodger1945 two-star1951 tripey1955 manky1958 schlocky1960 cack1978 wank1991 bowf1994 the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [adjective] > low or subordinate wokec897 lessOE lesserc1225 secondary1386 lowerc1390 subalternate?a1425 subsidiary1603 pedaneous1617 subordinate1620 undergraduate1655 subdominant1826 unlofty1869 lower case1917 1655 H. L'Estrange Reign King Charles 119 Sir Giles Allington fell also under censure for a sin of grand, though under~graduate abomination. 1659 H. L'Estrange Alliance Divine Offices 437 It is..to be supposed that in this consecration set forms were used, considering withal that they were assigned to under~graduate concernments. 2. Having the standing of an undergraduate; that is an undergraduate. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [adjective] > having no qualification undergraduate1685 qualificationless1898 society > education > learning > learner > college or university student > [adjective] > undergraduate undergraduate1685 pre-graduate1894 1685 in Roxburghe Ballads (1885) V. 602 See here the minor Under~graduate Tool Takes his degree i' th' Doctor's flogging school. 1687 W. Sherwin in J. R. Bloxham Magdalen Coll. & James II (1886) (modernized text) 216 There was a Cloth laid in the Hall for the undergraduate Fellow. 3. Of or belonging to an undergraduate; characteristic of undergraduates. ΘΚΠ society > education > learning > learner > college or university student > [adjective] > undergraduate > characteristic of undergraduate1855 undergraduatish1925 1855 F. W. Faber Growth in Holiness (ed. 2) xix. 365 There is something undergraduate about this levity. 1889 F. E. Gretton Memory's Harkback 241 In my undergraduate days, one Ash Wednesday, there came down..a tornado of the tropics. 4. Consisting of undergraduates. ΘΚΠ society > education > learning > learner > college or university student > [adjective] > undergraduate > consisting of undergraduate1868 1868 M. Pattison Suggestions Acad. Organisation iv. 109 The discipline of the undergraduate body is usually administered by the vicegerent. Derivatives underˈgraduatedom n. the body of undergraduates. ΘΚΠ society > education > learning > learner > college or university student > [noun] > undergraduate > collectively magistrand class1642 undergraduatedom1893 1893 Westm. Gaz. 1 Mar. 3/3 He became an absentee, so as to remove the voice of undergraduatedom from the jurisdiction of the University. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1630
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