optime

[op-tuh-mee]

op·ti·me

[op-tuh-mee]
noun
(formerly at Cambridge University, England) a student taking second or third honors in the mathematical tripos. Compare wrangler (def. 2).

Origin:
1700–10; extracted from Latin phrase optimē (disputasti) (you have argued) very well
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Optime is always a great word to know.
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an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
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