optime

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A student who graduates with second class ("senior optime") or third class ("junior optime") honours in Mathematics, or (loosely) in any other subject
One of those who stand in the second rank of honors, immediately after the wranglers, in the University of Cambridge, England
They are divided into senior and junior optimes
wrangler
optime

    Hyphenation

    op·ti·me

    Pronunciation

    Etymology

    () From Latin optimē ‘very well’, in the phrase optime disputasti ‘you have disputed very well’ (formerly used in reporting results at Cambridge).
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