Sophomore

Etymology
From earlier sophumer:, from the obsolete sophom:, likely influenced by Ancient Greek σοφός: + μωρός:. Compare oxymoron:, a similar contradiction.

Adjective

 * 1) 🇺🇸 The second in a series, especially, the second of an artist’s albums or the second of four years in a secondary or post-secondary school.
 * The band’s sophomore album built upon the success of their debut release, catapulting them to megastardom.

Translations

 * Dutch: ,


 * Portuguese:

Noun

 * 1) 🇺🇸 A second-year undergraduate student in a college or university, or a second-year student in a four-year secondary school or high school.
 * She was very mature for a sophomore and had several friends who were juniors or even seniors.
 * 1) 🇺🇸  A three year old horse.
 * The filly had looked promising as a sophomore, but concerns over her health had prompted the owner to pull her from the season’s early races.

Derived terms

 * sophomoric

Related terms

 * moron
 * oxymoron
 * sophy, -sophy

Translations

 * Dutch: tweedejaars
 * Estonian: teise kursuse tudeng
 * Finnish: toisen vuoden opiskelija


 * Hungarian: másodéves
 * Macedonian: сафомор
 * Russian:

Anagrams

 * homospore

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