[], (Noun)

Definitions:
- A person placed in the second or third class in the Mathematical Tripos at Cambridge University (called respectively senior and junior optimes), or (in extended use) in any other subject; a degree in such a class.


Phrases:

Origin:
mid 17th century; earliest use found in John Wallis (1616–1703), mathematician and cryptographer. From classical Latin optimē best, very well (from optimus best + -ē, suffix forming adverbs), in the post-classical Latin phrase optime disputasti you have disputed very well