sophomore

The definition of a sophomore is someone who is in his or her second year of high school or college.

(noun)

A tenth-grade student is an example of a sophomore.

See sophomore in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

Origin: altered (< Gr sophos, wise + mōros, foolish) < older sophumer < sophum, sophism, prob. < ME sophime, sophism

adjective

of or for sophomores

See sophomore in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

a. A second-year student in a U.S. college.
b. A tenth-grade student in a U.S. high school.
A person in the second year of carrying out an endeavor.

adjective

Of or relating to the second year of an endeavor, especially of attending a school or college.
Being the second in a series: a singer's sophomore album.

Origin:

Origin: Alteration (probably influenced by Greek sophos, wise, and mōros, stupid)

Origin: of sophumer

Origin: , from obsolete sophom, sophism, dialectic exercise

Origin: , variant of sophism

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