21 мар. 2023 г. · sophomore (n.) 1680s, "student in the second year of university study," literally "arguer," altered from sophumer (1650s), from sophume, ...

Etymology. From earlier sophumer, from the obsolete sophom, sophum (“sophism or dialectical exercise”), from Ancient Greek σόφισμα (sóphisma). Likely ...

'Sophomore' can be traced to the Greek words for 'wise man' and 'foolish.' 'Freshman' has a similar double meaning, having initially stood for both a new ...

15 мая 2014 г. · ” (A competing folk etymology holds that it is a portmanteau of sophos, “wise”, and moros meaning “foolish, dull.”) A sophist is literally ...

25 окт. 2017 г. · "It comes from the Greek word 'sophos,' meaning clever or wise," said Sokolowski. "And the word 'moros,' meaning foolish. And so sophy moore — ...

5 дней назад · a student studying in the second year of a course at a US college or high school (= a school for students aged 15 to 18)

25 мая 2021 г. · The “wise” + “fool” construction is a folk etymology? (Or maybe something that “influenced” the spelling). That's a bummer, that was one of my favorites. Why do Americans have special words for school years, like ... Sophomore -- snarkier than I thought : r/etymology - Reddit Does the word sophomore always have to apply to the second ... TIL that the word "sophomore" means "wise fool" in Greek ... Другие результаты с сайта www.reddit.com

The earliest known use of the noun sophomore is in the late 1600s. OED's earliest evidence for sophomore is from 1688, in the writing of Randle Holme, herald ...

They are all 'sophomores'." This oxymoron points at the Greek words σοφός ('wise') and μωρός ('fool'). Sophomore slump · Junior (education year) · Senior (education) · Freshman

Sophomore comes from the word sophism which means "a bad argument that's clever but false," and that's sometimes how sophomores in college act. They're not ...