Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adverb & adjective With high honors. Used to express high academic distinction.
from The Century Dictionary.
- With great praise: a phrase used in conferring a degree which has been taken with high honors.
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- adverb "With
great praise "; an honor added to adiploma ordegree for work considered to be of much higher quality than average.
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- adverb with high honor
- adjective with high honor; with high academic distinction
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Latin magnā cum laude, with great praise : magnā, feminine ablative sing. of magnus, great + cum, with + laude, ablative sing. of laus, praise.]
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From Latin.
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oroboros commented on the word magna cum laude
Cf. summa cum laude
May 18, 2010