Phi Beta Kappa
noun
Phi Be·ta Kap·pa ˌfī-ˌbā-tə-ˈka-pə 
: a person winning high scholastic distinction in an American college or university and being elected to membership in a national honor society founded in 1776
Example Sentences
She belongs to Phi Beta Kappa. He made Phi Beta Kappa his sophomore year. He's a Phi Beta Kappa.
Word History
Etymology
Phi Beta Kappa (Society), from phi + beta + kappa, initials of the society's Greek motto philosophia biou kybernētēs philosophy the guide of life
First Known Use
1854, in the meaning defined above
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