Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sophomoritis

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sopho-mori-tis
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A tendency of sophomores in high school or college to slack off and lose motivation as if they were seniors with senioritis.

American usage; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"It’s not unique, everyone goes through them, but I think it’s oddly understandable for things like this to contribute to sophomoritis."
"There’s now freshmanitis, sophomoritis, and junioritis."

Etymology

From sophomore + -itis, on the pattern of senioritis.

Usage

American usage
Uncountable

Inflected Forms

sophomoreitis (alternative)

Questions

What does sophomoritis mean?: A tendency of sophomores in high school or college to slack off and lose motivation as if they were seniors with senioritis.
Where does sophomoritis come from?: From sophomore + -itis, on the pattern of senioritis.

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