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sophomore definition

sopho·more (säf′môr′, säf′ə môr′)

noun

  1. a student in the second year of college or the tenth grade in high school
  2. ☆ a person in his or her second year in some enterprise

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

adjective

of or for sophomores

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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