optime
optime · optimes
A student who graduates with second class or third class honours in mathematics, or in…A student who graduates with second class ("senior optime") or third class ("junior optime") honours in mathematics, or (loosely) in any other subject.
/ˈɒptɪmeɪ/
Meaning
1 sensesA student who graduates with second class ("senior optime") or third class ("junior optime") honours in mathematics, or (loosely) in any other subject.
Origin
Borrowed from Latin optimē (“very well”), in the phrase optimē disputāstī (“you have dispuBorrowed from Latin optimē (“very well”), in the phrase optimē disputāstī (“you have disputed very well”), formerly used in reporting results at Cambridge.
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