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‖ magna cum laude, phr. Chiefly U.S.|ˈmægnɑː kʌm ˈlɔːdiː, ˈmægnɑː kʊm laʊdiː|
[L., ‘with great praise’.]
With great distinction: designating a degree, diploma, etc., of a higher standard than the average (though not the highest). Also transf. and fig.
1900Dialect Notes II. 13 A few words or phrases of direct Latin importation used at some of the older institutions...more commonly cum laude, magna or summa cum laude for the degree of honor attained in studies. 1933Balmer & Wylie When Worlds Collide i. 22 He was graduated from Harvard with a magna cum laude. 1963M. McCarthy Group v. 102 He was angry because Helena had failed to get magna cum laude, when a lot of the Jewish girls had. 1973Physics Bull. Feb. 116/3 From 1911 to 1914 he was an 1851 Exhibition research scholar in physics, and spent the period in Göttingen taking special advanced courses in a variety of subjects and carrying out research on Die Struktur des Gels der Kieselsäure, for which he was awarded the degree of PhD ‘magna cum laude’. 1973E. Pace Any War will Do (1974) i. 47 The minute I heard poor Ollie shout, I knew you had passed. And when the counter splintered, you got magna cum laude. |