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optime

noun
/ˈɒptɪmeɪ/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin optimē (“very well”), in the phrase optimē disputāstī (“you have disputed very well”), formerly used in reporting results at Cambridge.

  1. borrowed from optimē

Definitions

  1. A student who graduates with second class ("senior optime") or third class ("junior…

    A student who graduates with second class ("senior optime") or third class ("junior optime") honours in mathematics, or (loosely) in any other subject.

    • The winning of even a single optime was very rare. Upon winning the second optime, Hamilton “became a celebrity in the intellectual circle of Dublin; and invitations, embarrassing from their number, poured in upon him. . .” (2,I; 209)

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA