SOPHOMORE
sophomore, second-year
(adjective) used of the second year in United States high school or college; “the sophomore class”; “his sophomore year”
sophomore, soph
(noun) a second-year undergraduate
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
sophomore (not comparable)
(US) The second in a series, especially, the second of an artist’s albums or the second of four years in a high school (tenth grade) or university.
Sophomoric.
Noun
sophomore (plural sophomores)
(US) A second-year undergraduate student in a college or university, or a second-year student in a four-year secondary school or high school.
(US, horse-racing) A three-year-old horse.
Anagrams
• homospore, osmophore
Source: Wiktionary
Soph"o*more, n. Etym: [Probably fr. soph or sophister + Gr. Soph-Mor
as "the next distinctive appellation to Freshman," but the term has
now almost ceased to be known at the English university from whence
it came.]
Definition: One belonging to the second of the four classes in an American
college, or one next above a freshman. [Formerly written also
sophimore.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition