SOPHOMORE


Meaning of SOPHOMORE in English

I. ˈsäf-ˌmȯr also ˈsȯf- or ˈsä-fə- or ˈsȯ-fə- noun

Etymology: perhaps from Greek sophos wise + mōros foolish

Date: 1688

: a student in the second year at college or a 4-year secondary school

II. adjective

Date: 1953

: being or associated with the second in a series

their sophomore album

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.