Harry-soph

English Etymology According to a 17th century chronicler, from en la sophister la Henricianus after King Henry VIII, but remodeled to fit a fanciful en grc *ἐρίσοφος very wise indeed, from grc ἐρι- + grc σοφός. Noun en UK slang obsolete A student of law or medicine at Cambridge who, being of the same standing as the students in arts in his year, is allowed to wear a full-sleeved gown when they assume their BA gowns, though he does not obtain his actual degree so soon. References en 1873 John Camden Hotten The Slang Dictionary https://www.gutenberg.org/files/42108/42108-h/42108-h.htm#:~:text=ἐρίσοφος n 3730276815 September 2024 en eponyms