Soph"o*more (?), n. [Probably fr.
soph or sophister + Gr. &?; foolish. The word was
probably introduced into the United States at an early date, from the
University of Cambridge, England. Among the cant terms at that
university, as given in the Gradus ad Cantabrigiam, we find Soph-
Mor as "the next distinctive appellation to Freshman," but the
term has now almost ceased to be known at the English university from
whence it came.] One belonging to the second of the four classes
in an American college, or one next above a freshman. [Formerly
written also sophimore.]
Soph"o*more (?), n. [Probably fr.
soph or sophister + Gr. &?; foolish. The word was
probably introduced into the United States at an early date, from the
University of Cambridge, England. Among the cant terms at that
university, as given in the Gradus ad Cantabrigiam, we find Soph-
Mor as "the next distinctive appellation to Freshman," but the
term has now almost ceased to be known at the English university from
whence it came.] One belonging to the second of the four classes
in an American college, or one next above a freshman. [Formerly
written also sophimore.]
