sophomore

Meanings

Adjective

• 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

• A second-year undergraduate student in a college or university, or a second-year student in a four-year secondary school or high school.
• A three-year-old horse.

Origin

• From earlier sophumer, from the obsolete sophom, likely influenced by Ancient Greek σοφός + μωρός. Compare oxymoron, a similar contradiction.