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harry-soph

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.46 in modern English

Syllables
har-ry--soph
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A student of law or medicine at Cambridge who, being of the same standing as the students in arts in his year, is allowed to wear a full-sleeved gown when they assume their BA gowns, though he does not obtain his actual degree so soon.

British usage; Obsolete; Slang

Etymology

According to a 17th century chronicler, from Latin sophister Henricianus after King Henry VIII, but remodeled to fit a fanciful Ancient Greek *ἐρίσοφος (*erísophos, “very wise indeed”), from ἐρι- (eri-) + σοφός (sophós).

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Inflected Forms

Harry-sophs (plural)

Questions

What does harry-soph mean?
A student of law or medicine at Cambridge who, being of the same standing as the students in arts in his year, is allowed to wear a full-sleeved gown when they assume their BA gowns, though he does not obtain his actual degree so soon.
Where does harry-soph come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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