tripos Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun final honors degree examinations at Cambridge University

WordNet

Tri"pos noun
Etymology
Gr. a tripod. See Tripod.
Wordforms
plural Triposes
Definitions
  1. A tripod. Obs. Dryden.
  2. A university examination of questionists, for honors; also, a tripos paper; one who prepares a tripos paper. Cambridge University, Eng.

Webster 1913