Definition of OPTIME

optime

Plural: optimes

Noun

  • An honor student in mathematics at Cambridge University.
  • A student who graduates with second class ("senior optime") or third class ("junior optime") honours in mathematics, or (loosely) in any other subject.

Examples

  • The optime in their Scrabble club always calculated the highest possible scores.

Origin / Etymology

Borrowed from Latin optimē (“very well”), in the phrase optimē disputāstī (“you have disputed very well”), formerly used in reporting results at Cambridge.

Scrabble Score: 10

optime: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
optime: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
optime: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 12

optime: valid Words With Friends Word