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optime

[ op-tuh-mee ]

/ ˈɒp təˌmi /

noun

(formerly at Cambridge University, England) a student taking second or third honors in the mathematical tripos. Compare wrangler(def 2).

Origin of optime

1700–10; extracted from Latin phrase optimē ( disputasti) (you have argued) very well

Words nearby optime

opticociliary, opticokinetic nystagmus, opticopupillary, optics, optimal, optime, optimism, optimist, optimistic, optimization, optimize

Example sentences from the Web for optime

He achieved the rare distinction of obtaining an optime for both Greek and for physics.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 8 |Various
Compare Tr V v 13-14 (on his wife's birthday) 'optime natalis!

The Last Poems of Ovid |Ovid
The young fellow sitting near me winked; and the divinity-student said, in an undertone,—Optime dictum.

The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table |Oliver Wendell Holmes