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cum laude, adv. and a. Chiefly U.S. Educ.
Brit. |ˌkʌm ˈlaʊdeɪ|, |ˌkʊm ˈlaʊdeɪ|, |ˌkʌm ˈlɔːdeɪ|, |ˌkʊm ˈlɔːdeɪ|, U.S. |kʊm ˈlaʊdə|, |kʊm ˈlaʊdi|, |kʊm ˈlɔdə|, |kʊm ˈlɔdi|[see also cum n.]
[‹ classical Latin cum with + laudē, ablative singular of laus praise (see laud n.1). Compare later magna cum laude adv., summa cum laude adv.]
A. adv. With distinction; with honours (cf. honour n. 5e).
Usually used with reference to an academic degree or diploma, now chiefly as the lowest in a three-level system of honours bestowed by universities upon graduation, of which magna cum laude is higher, and summa cum laude highest.
1838G. Oliver Coll. Biogr. Sc., Eng. & Irish Members 8/2 Gordon, James, after long serving the Scotch mission, cum laude, was minister on the College of Arras. 1845New Statist. Acct. Scotl. X. 814 (note) Long practised in the profession of humanity, cum laude. 1855N.Y. Times 1 Sept. 2/3 Too many are content to graduate cum laude, and multitudes would be satisfied to graduate sine laude, provided they might be admitted to graduate at all. 1880Harvard Reg. Jan. 2/2 The degree cum laude [is to be given] to those attaining seventy-five per cent. 1927L. C. Hatch Hist. Bowdoin Coll. vii. 237 Students receiving A or B in three-fourths of their courses should graduate cum laude, those receiving A in one-half their courses should graduate magna cum laude, and those obtaining A in three-fourths of their courses should be given a summa cum laude. 2005Roanoke (Va.) Times (Nexis) 7 May b2 [He]..will receive his degree cum laude.
B. adj. Designating a degree or diploma granted cum laude, or a person graduating cum laude.
1894N.-Y. Times 15 Aug. 9/2 He was graduated from this institution with a cum laude degree. 1927Amer. Jrnl. Psychol. 38 409 Lowell..found a tendency for the future cum laude men to take more courses in the classics and mathematics than the ‘plain’ men. 1971D. L. Smith Radical Sociol. i. 32 [He] was a cum laude graduate from Harvard. 2003D. Brown Da Vinci Code (2004) lxxxvii. 478 He had a cum laude degree in international finance.
C. n. A cum laude degree, diploma, or honour; a cum laude student or graduate.
1927L. C. Hatch Hist. Bowdoin Coll. vii. 237 A rank of A or B in seven-eighths of the courses was made necessary for a cum laude. 1932I. M. Tarbell Owen D. Young ii. 26 Probably he would have had a cum laude on graduating if such an honor had been given. 1974Herald-Times-Reporter (Manitowoc, Wisconsin) 16 May 3/5 Eight of the students were cum laudes. 2001C. C. Case Tuscany Affair 9 It didn't take a cum laude to realize that a European trip was not a good idea this year. |