freshmann.

Brit.

/ˈfrɛʃmən/, U.S.

/ˈfrɛʃmən/

Inflections: Plural freshmen.

Forms: see fresh adj., n.¹, and adv. and man n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: fresh adj., man n.¹

Etymology: < fresh adj. (compare sense 12a at that entry) + man n.¹With freshmanhood n. at Derivatives compare slightly earlier freshhood n.

1. A novice, an inexperienced person; a person who is new to an occupation or position, a newcomer.In quot. a1557: †a proselyte.Now usually with figurative reference to sense 2a.

ΘΚΠ

society > education > learning > learner > [noun] > novice or beginner

younglingOE

new-comeOE

novice1340

ginner?c1400

beginner1470

apprentice1489

prentice1489

infant1526

freshmana1557

intrant1560

enterer1565

puny?1570

weakling1575

new comeling1587

novist1587

incipient1589

puisne1592

abecedary1596

neophyte1600

abecedarian1603

bachelor1604

novelist?1608

alphabetary1611

breeching boy1611

tiro1611

alphabetarian1614

principiant1619

unexperienced1622

velvet head1631

undergraduatea1659

young stager1664

greenhorn1672

battledore boy1693

youngster1706

tironist1716

novitiatea1734

recruit1749

griffin1793

initiate1811

Johnny Newcome1815

Johnny Raw1823

griff1829

plebe1833

Johnny-come-lately1839

new chum1851

blanc-bec1853

fledgling1856

rookie1868

elementarian1876

tenderfoot1881

shorthorn1888

new kid1894

cheechako1897

ring-neck1898

Johnny1901

rook1902

fresh meat1908

malihini1914

initiand1915

stooge1930

intakea1943

cub1966

a1557 J. Cheke tr. Gospel St. Matthew (1843) xxiii. 86 Ie go about both bi see and land to maak oon freschman.

1576 G. Pettie Petite Pallace 215 Hee..frequented those places where at the first being a fresh man for the principles of his science, hee was taught with lookes, not with letters.

a1627 T. Middleton More Dissemblers besides Women ii. iv, in 2 New Playes (1657) 27 I'll trust no fresh-man with such secrets.

1679 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Reformation: 1st Pt. 490 Cranmer was an old and experienced captain, and was not to be troubled by freshmen and novices.

1708 Royal Proclam. 26 June in London Gaz. No. 4452/2 The Masters of Fishing-Ships..do neglect to produce Certificates of their Compliments of Green Men or Fresh Men.

1871 B. Taylor tr. J. W. von Goethe Faust II. ii. i. 111 Shy and unsophisticated, I as honest freshman waited.

2009 R. Ingermanson & P. Economy Writing Fiction For Dummies (2010) i. 14 A freshman advances by writing and getting it critiqued.

2. In spec. uses.

a. Now chiefly North American. A student during his or her first year at a university or college.

ΘΚΠ

society > education > learning > learner > college or university student > [noun] > first-year student

puny1548

freshman1583

puisne1592

freshwomana1627

bejan1642

nib1655

jib1827

greeny1834

fox1839

freshie1845

rat1850

buttery Benjie1854

pennal1854

yellow-beak1865

fresher1875

yellow-neb1879

yearling1908

frosh1915

1583 B. Melbancke Philotimus (new ed.) 85 I will prescribe you certaine Inductions to be performed at the Vniuersitie,..bicause contrary to ordinary, you are grounded in the liberal arts, which is not vsuall to freshmen, when they first come to study.

1596 T. Nashe Haue with you to Saffron-Walden Ep. Ded. sig. A3^v He was but yet a fresh-man in Cambridge.

1628 J. Earle Micro-cosmogr. xxiv. sig. E8 At Tennis..when hee can once play a Set, he is a Fresh-man no more.

1682 T. Shadwell Lancashire-witches i. B j b Your Master of Artship That made you lord it over Boys and Freshmen.

1782 M. Cutler Let. 29 Nov. in W. P. Cutler & J. P. Cutler Life, Jrnls. & Corr. M. Cutler (1888) II. 206 The admission of so large a class of Freshmen the last year..is matter of agreeable surprise.

1853 ‘C. Bede’ Adventures Mr. Verdant Green iii. 21 Freshmen cannot learn the mysteries of college etiquette in a day.

1971 Scotsman 20 May 21/8 The tall, 19-year-old Glasgow University ‘freshman’ faces her first major test of the season.

2007 A. Gross Blue Zone xvii. 114 He was at NYU and she was a freshman at Cornell.

b. North American. A first-year student at a high school or (occasionally) a junior high school.

ΚΠ

1889 Philadelphia Inquirer 3 Dec. 6/4 The High School Freshmen defeated the High School Juniors yesterday at East Park.

1902 G. M. Martin Emmy Lou (ed. 3) 227 A freshman in high school is a mere abecedarian part of an ever-moving line, which toils, weighted with pounds of text-books, up and down the stairways of knowledge.

2003 K. Slater & J. Borte Pipe Dreams (2004) v. 95 As a high school freshman in 1988, I was a four-feet-ten-inch, ninety-five pound, squeaky-voiced runt.

c. U.S. A member of Congress serving his or her first term in office.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > governing or legislative body of a nation or community > other national governing or legislative bodies > [noun] > in U.S.A. > member of

Member of Congress1774

Congressman1780

state senator1800

M.C.1832

freshman1892

majority leader1909

Minority Leader1909

congressperson1972

1892 Daily Northwestern (Oshkosh, Wisconsin) 15 Oct. He exerted an influence and wielded a power that was almost unprecedented for a freshman in congress.

1951 Southern Illinoisan 9 Jan. 4/5 He is trying to court the important freshmen entering the Senate from pivotal states.

2020 Santa Fe New Mexican (Nexis) 3 June a6 Ocasio-Cortez of New York, perhaps the most outspoken and best-known freshman in Congress.

Compounds

C1. Now chiefly North American. As a modifier, designating a period of time when a person is a freshman, as in freshman year, etc.; also in extended use.

ΚΠ

1764 S. Blair Acct. Coll. New-Jersey 24 The Freshman year is spent in the latin and greek languages.

1887 Lippincott's Monthly Mag. Aug. 293 The man who assists in hazing you in Freshman year, and who compels you to stand on a street-corner and scan Greek verse for the edification of the by-standers.

1947 B. Feller Strikeout Story xi. 96 After his fine freshman season in which he hit .335, the league's pitchers set out to discover a weakness in his batting form.

2001 Dreamwatch Oct. 17/1 It may not have been critically acclaimed, but according to Executive Producer Robert Hewitt Wolfe, Andromeda has made an impact in its freshman season.

2017 Amer. Affairs Winter 12 Even the random assignment to teams for a single week in the freshman year of college has lasting effects.

C2. Now chiefly North American. As a modifier, with the sense ‘of, relating to, or associated with first-year students; requisite or suitable for first-year students’, as in freshman dorm, freshman team, etc.

ΚΠ

?1786 (title) Freshman laws.

1842 N. Amer. Rev. Jan. 39 The classical studies of the Sophomore and Junior years..were of a higher order, and extended over far more ground..than those of the preliminary and the Freshman course.

1870 College Courant 17 Dec. 372/2 In the freshman race the Yale crew were victorious over the Harvard.

1991 Inside Sports Nov. 52/2 Young Alcindor and young Walton had..the opportunity to spend their first seasons in the UCLA basketball classroom while playing nonvarsity competition on the Bruins freshman team.

2008 E. P. Johnson Sweet Tea iv. 291 The freshman dorm was full. So, they put me into the athletic dorm.

C3. Now chiefly North American. As a modifier, with the sense ‘that is a freshman’, as in freshman student, freshman congressman, etc.; also in extended use.

ΚΠ

1833 W. Whewell Let. 28 Apr. in I. Todhunter William Whewell (1876) II. 164 We freshmen reviewers are too serious for Lockhart.

1850 Boston Med. & Surg. Jrnl. 22 May 339 Professor Sweetser's Valedictory Address..is of a character to make an impression upon the young graduate or the freshman student.

1892 Cincinnati Commerc. Gaz. 12 Jan. 4/1 It is not often that a freshman Senator holds a levee on the occasion of taking his seat.

1932 Sun (Baltimore) 24 Sept. 20/2 Freshman girls were required..to refrain from using cosmetics.

1982 Sub Turri (Boston College) 70 177/2 Navy took care of the Eagles and their new freshman quarterback.., 25-10.

1986 Los Angeles Times (Nexis) 5 Dec. vi 26/1 The low-rated freshman series ‘Heart of the City’ got the ax Thursday from ABC.

1993 Olympian (Olympia, Washington) 18 July c1/2 Saturday, about 50 of the freshman congressman's constituents had his ear for more than two hours, and many alluded to feelings that those who govern just don't get it.

2020 Daily Kent Stater (Kent State Univ.) 12 Feb. in University Wire (Nexis) 1 The first cohort of 193 freshman students will come to Kent State in the 2021-2022 school year.

C4.

freshman class n. North American all of the students at a university, college, or school who are in their first year of study; a class in a university, college, or school composed of first-year students; a course for first-year students.

ΘΚΠ

society > education > learning > learner > college or university student > [noun] > first-year student > class of

freshman class?1786

?1786 Freshman Laws (Yale College) (single sheet) It being the Duty of the Seniors to teach Freshmen the Laws, Usages and Customs of the College, to this end they are empowered to order the whole Freshman Class, or any particular Member of it.

1793 Laws of Rhode Island College 22 All the students shall be entitled to the use of the library, except the freshman class.

a1820 D. McClure Diary (1899) 8 I..was examined & admitted into the Freshman Class at Yale College.

1842 Knickerbocker 19 433 From time immemorial a playful animosity has existed between the freshman and sophomore classes.

1954 College Admissions 1 123/2 We are now struggling with 430 women in our freshman class, some 50 over the maximum we can house in our freshman residences.

1988 Los Angeles Times (Nexis) 24 Feb. vi. 1/3 Scenes depicting a college English professor teaching a freshman class how to punctuate.

1995 Washington Post (Nexis) 15 Mar. a1 They need 40 core credits and must take a freshman class on international civilizations.

2015 University Star (San Marcos, Texas) (Nexis) 27 Apr. 1 The Texas State freshman class of 2016 is set to be the largest group yet.

freshman fifteen n. North American (frequently humorous) an increase in body weight popularly associated with a student's first year at university, typically attributed to an unhealthy diet and lifestyle.Fifteen refers to 15 pounds, apparently considered representative of the typical weight gain.

ΚΠ

1982 Greenville (Pa.) Record-Argus 1 Feb. 8/7 He couldn't escape the ‘freshman 15’, a weight gain which plagues first year students.

2017 S. Karim That Thing we call Heart xxvii. 226 I'd gained at least a pound in less than two days... Between breaking up and the freshman fifteen, I'd be a water buffalo by May.

† freshman-sophomore n. U.S. Obsolete rare a student who enters a university in the second year of a course, having studied elsewhere for the first year; cf. fresh sophomore n.

ΘΚΠ

society > education > learning > learner > college or university student > [noun] > 2nd or 3rd year student

sophister1574

sophister1650

sophumer1653

soph1661

sophomore1688

sophomore1726

soph1778

freshman-sophomore1851

sophomoric1946

1851 B. H. Hall Coll. College Words 145 Fresh-soph, an abbreviation of Freshman-Sophomore. One who enters college in the Sophomore year, having passed the time of the Freshman year elsewhere.

Derivatives

ˈfreshmanhood n. the condition or state of being a freshman; the period of time during which a person is a freshman.

ΘΚΠ

society > education > learning > learner > college or university student > [noun] > first-year student > condition of

freshmanship1607

freshhood1836

freshmanhood1837

fresherdom1888

1837 A. Vernon in Harvardiana July 405 Yearneth not thy laboring heart, oh, Tom, For those dear hours of simple Freshmanhood.

1885 Macmillan's Mag. Nov. 28/1 As it grew in the Freshmanhood of John Henry Newman.

2012 @Ameerah_XOXO 18 Feb. in twitter.com (accessed 14 Feb. 2020) February is over so only 3 more months of freshmanhood!!!!!!!

freshˈmanic adj. now somewhat rare of, befitting, or characteristic of a freshman; juvenile, immature.

ΘΚΠ

society > education > learning > learner > college or university student > [adjective] > first year

fresh1834

freshmanic1837

frosh1947

1837 J. R. Lowell Let. 14 Aug. (1894) I. i. 21 Those days of Freshmanic innocence.

1876 G. H. Tripp Student-life Harvard x. 154 Half a score of fellows who..backed up their crew with an enthusiasm that was quite Freshmanic.

2008 N.Y. Post (Nexis) 11 Apr. 41 This movie isn't even sophomoric; it's freshmanic.

ˈfreshmanly adj. rare of, befitting, or characteristic of a freshman.

ΘΚΠ

society > education > learning > learner > [adjective] > novice or beginner

younglinga1250

novice1530

freshmanly1568

elementary1601

neophyte1601

initiatea1616

novitious1619

abecedarian1633

tironizinga1660

novitial1778

neophytic1856

neophytish1897

rookie1902

tironic1909

Sears-Roebuck1917

1568 C. Watson in tr. Polybius Hystories To Rdr. sig. A.v^v Thus I put forth this my freshmanly enterprise.

1939 Newcastle (New S. Wales) Sun 16 Dec. 3/5 Covered with freshmanly confusion in the presence of a couple of seniors, Dinesdale giggled.

ˈfreshmanship n. the condition, state, or quality of being a freshman; the period of time during which a person is a freshman.

ΘΚΠ

society > education > learning > learner > college or university student > [noun] > first-year student > condition of

freshmanship1607

freshhood1836

freshmanhood1837

fresherdom1888

1607 B. Jonson Volpone iv. iii. sig. K Well, wise sir Pol: since you haue practis'd, thus, Vpon my freshman-ship, Ile trie your salt-head, What proofe it is against a counter-plot.

1617 J. Hales Serm. Oxf. 9 This young fencer hath set himselfe vp one of the deepest mysteries of our profession to practise his freshmanship vpon.

1723 in Publ. Colonial Soc. Mass. (1923) XXIV. 173 Samuel Brown shalbe entirely Exempt from going of Errands, during his Freshmanship.

c1741 D. Brainerd in J. Edwards Life Brainerd (1851) i. 15 Being much exposed on account of my freshmanship.

1848 J. H. Newman Loss & Gain 4 What they had in common was freshmanship, etc.

1876 J. Ruskin Fors Clavigera VI. lxvi. 192 That I might not torment Mr. Baker with his freshmanship.

2011 @mileyment 11 June in twitter.com (accessed 14 Feb. 2020) This is only the first week of freshmanship ~_~ feels like one month has passed.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	freshman
释义	freshmann. Brit. /ˈfrɛʃmən/, U.S. /ˈfrɛʃmən/ Inflections: Plural freshmen. Forms: see fresh adj., n.¹, and adv. and man n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: fresh adj., man n.¹ Etymology: < fresh adj. (compare sense 12a at that entry) + man n.¹With freshmanhood n. at Derivatives compare slightly earlier freshhood n. 1. A novice, an inexperienced person; a person who is new to an occupation or position, a newcomer.In quot. a1557: †a proselyte.Now usually with figurative reference to sense 2a. ΘΚΠ society > education > learning > learner > [noun] > novice or beginner younglingOE new-comeOE novice1340 ginner?c1400 beginner1470 apprentice1489 prentice1489 infant1526 freshmana1557 intrant1560 enterer1565 puny?1570 weakling1575 new comeling1587 novist1587 incipient1589 puisne1592 abecedary1596 neophyte1600 abecedarian1603 bachelor1604 novelist?1608 alphabetary1611 breeching boy1611 tiro1611 alphabetarian1614 principiant1619 unexperienced1622 velvet head1631 undergraduatea1659 young stager1664 greenhorn1672 battledore boy1693 youngster1706 tironist1716 novitiatea1734 recruit1749 griffin1793 initiate1811 Johnny Newcome1815 Johnny Raw1823 griff1829 plebe1833 Johnny-come-lately1839 new chum1851 blanc-bec1853 fledgling1856 rookie1868 elementarian1876 tenderfoot1881 shorthorn1888 new kid1894 cheechako1897 ring-neck1898 Johnny1901 rook1902 fresh meat1908 malihini1914 initiand1915 stooge1930 intakea1943 cub1966 a1557 J. Cheke tr. Gospel St. Matthew (1843) xxiii. 86 Ie go about both bi see and land to maak oon freschman. 1576 G. Pettie Petite Pallace 215 Hee..frequented those places where at the first being a fresh man for the principles of his science, hee was taught with lookes, not with letters. a1627 T. Middleton More Dissemblers besides Women ii. iv, in 2 New Playes (1657) 27 I'll trust no fresh-man with such secrets. 1679 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Reformation: 1st Pt. 490 Cranmer was an old and experienced captain, and was not to be troubled by freshmen and novices. 1708 Royal Proclam. 26 June in London Gaz. No. 4452/2 The Masters of Fishing-Ships..do neglect to produce Certificates of their Compliments of Green Men or Fresh Men. 1871 B. Taylor tr. J. W. von Goethe Faust II. ii. i. 111 Shy and unsophisticated, I as honest freshman waited. 2009 R. Ingermanson & P. Economy Writing Fiction For Dummies (2010) i. 14 A freshman advances by writing and getting it critiqued. 2. In spec. uses. a. Now chiefly North American. A student during his or her first year at a university or college. ΘΚΠ society > education > learning > learner > college or university student > [noun] > first-year student puny1548 freshman1583 puisne1592 freshwomana1627 bejan1642 nib1655 jib1827 greeny1834 fox1839 freshie1845 rat1850 buttery Benjie1854 pennal1854 yellow-beak1865 fresher1875 yellow-neb1879 yearling1908 frosh1915 1583 B. Melbancke Philotimus (new ed.) 85 I will prescribe you certaine Inductions to be performed at the Vniuersitie,..bicause contrary to ordinary, you are grounded in the liberal arts, which is not vsuall to freshmen, when they first come to study. 1596 T. Nashe Haue with you to Saffron-Walden Ep. Ded. sig. A3^v He was but yet a fresh-man in Cambridge. 1628 J. Earle Micro-cosmogr. xxiv. sig. E8 At Tennis..when hee can once play a Set, he is a Fresh-man no more. 1682 T. Shadwell Lancashire-witches i. B j b Your Master of Artship That made you lord it over Boys and Freshmen. 1782 M. Cutler Let. 29 Nov. in W. P. Cutler & J. P. Cutler Life, Jrnls. & Corr. M. Cutler (1888) II. 206 The admission of so large a class of Freshmen the last year..is matter of agreeable surprise. 1853 ‘C. Bede’ Adventures Mr. Verdant Green iii. 21 Freshmen cannot learn the mysteries of college etiquette in a day. 1971 Scotsman 20 May 21/8 The tall, 19-year-old Glasgow University ‘freshman’ faces her first major test of the season. 2007 A. Gross Blue Zone xvii. 114 He was at NYU and she was a freshman at Cornell. b. North American. A first-year student at a high school or (occasionally) a junior high school. ΚΠ 1889 Philadelphia Inquirer 3 Dec. 6/4 The High School Freshmen defeated the High School Juniors yesterday at East Park. 1902 G. M. Martin Emmy Lou (ed. 3) 227 A freshman in high school is a mere abecedarian part of an ever-moving line, which toils, weighted with pounds of text-books, up and down the stairways of knowledge. 2003 K. Slater & J. Borte Pipe Dreams (2004) v. 95 As a high school freshman in 1988, I was a four-feet-ten-inch, ninety-five pound, squeaky-voiced runt. c. U.S. A member of Congress serving his or her first term in office. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > governing or legislative body of a nation or community > other national governing or legislative bodies > [noun] > in U.S.A. > member of Member of Congress1774 Congressman1780 state senator1800 M.C.1832 freshman1892 majority leader1909 Minority Leader1909 congressperson1972 1892 Daily Northwestern (Oshkosh, Wisconsin) 15 Oct. He exerted an influence and wielded a power that was almost unprecedented for a freshman in congress. 1951 Southern Illinoisan 9 Jan. 4/5 He is trying to court the important freshmen entering the Senate from pivotal states. 2020 Santa Fe New Mexican (Nexis) 3 June a6 Ocasio-Cortez of New York, perhaps the most outspoken and best-known freshman in Congress. Compounds C1. Now chiefly North American. As a modifier, designating a period of time when a person is a freshman, as in freshman year, etc.; also in extended use. ΚΠ 1764 S. Blair Acct. Coll. New-Jersey 24 The Freshman year is spent in the latin and greek languages. 1887 Lippincott's Monthly Mag. Aug. 293 The man who assists in hazing you in Freshman year, and who compels you to stand on a street-corner and scan Greek verse for the edification of the by-standers. 1947 B. Feller Strikeout Story xi. 96 After his fine freshman season in which he hit .335, the league's pitchers set out to discover a weakness in his batting form. 2001 Dreamwatch Oct. 17/1 It may not have been critically acclaimed, but according to Executive Producer Robert Hewitt Wolfe, Andromeda has made an impact in its freshman season. 2017 Amer. Affairs Winter 12 Even the random assignment to teams for a single week in the freshman year of college has lasting effects. C2. Now chiefly North American. As a modifier, with the sense ‘of, relating to, or associated with first-year students; requisite or suitable for first-year students’, as in freshman dorm, freshman team, etc. ΚΠ ?1786 (title) Freshman laws. 1842 N. Amer. Rev. Jan. 39 The classical studies of the Sophomore and Junior years..were of a higher order, and extended over far more ground..than those of the preliminary and the Freshman course. 1870 College Courant 17 Dec. 372/2 In the freshman race the Yale crew were victorious over the Harvard. 1991 Inside Sports Nov. 52/2 Young Alcindor and young Walton had..the opportunity to spend their first seasons in the UCLA basketball classroom while playing nonvarsity competition on the Bruins freshman team. 2008 E. P. Johnson Sweet Tea iv. 291 The freshman dorm was full. So, they put me into the athletic dorm. C3. Now chiefly North American. As a modifier, with the sense ‘that is a freshman’, as in freshman student, freshman congressman, etc.; also in extended use. ΚΠ 1833 W. Whewell Let. 28 Apr. in I. Todhunter William Whewell (1876) II. 164 We freshmen reviewers are too serious for Lockhart. 1850 Boston Med. & Surg. Jrnl. 22 May 339 Professor Sweetser's Valedictory Address..is of a character to make an impression upon the young graduate or the freshman student. 1892 Cincinnati Commerc. Gaz. 12 Jan. 4/1 It is not often that a freshman Senator holds a levee on the occasion of taking his seat. 1932 Sun (Baltimore) 24 Sept. 20/2 Freshman girls were required..to refrain from using cosmetics. 1982 Sub Turri (Boston College) 70 177/2 Navy took care of the Eagles and their new freshman quarterback.., 25-10. 1986 Los Angeles Times (Nexis) 5 Dec. vi 26/1 The low-rated freshman series ‘Heart of the City’ got the ax Thursday from ABC. 1993 Olympian (Olympia, Washington) 18 July c1/2 Saturday, about 50 of the freshman congressman's constituents had his ear for more than two hours, and many alluded to feelings that those who govern just don't get it. 2020 Daily Kent Stater (Kent State Univ.) 12 Feb. in University Wire (Nexis) 1 The first cohort of 193 freshman students will come to Kent State in the 2021-2022 school year. C4. freshman class n. North American all of the students at a university, college, or school who are in their first year of study; a class in a university, college, or school composed of first-year students; a course for first-year students. ΘΚΠ society > education > learning > learner > college or university student > [noun] > first-year student > class of freshman class?1786 ?1786 Freshman Laws (Yale College) (single sheet) It being the Duty of the Seniors to teach Freshmen the Laws, Usages and Customs of the College, to this end they are empowered to order the whole Freshman Class, or any particular Member of it. 1793 Laws of Rhode Island College 22 All the students shall be entitled to the use of the library, except the freshman class. a1820 D. McClure Diary (1899) 8 I..was examined & admitted into the Freshman Class at Yale College. 1842 Knickerbocker 19 433 From time immemorial a playful animosity has existed between the freshman and sophomore classes. 1954 College Admissions 1 123/2 We are now struggling with 430 women in our freshman class, some 50 over the maximum we can house in our freshman residences. 1988 Los Angeles Times (Nexis) 24 Feb. vi. 1/3 Scenes depicting a college English professor teaching a freshman class how to punctuate. 1995 Washington Post (Nexis) 15 Mar. a1 They need 40 core credits and must take a freshman class on international civilizations. 2015 University Star (San Marcos, Texas) (Nexis) 27 Apr. 1 The Texas State freshman class of 2016 is set to be the largest group yet. freshman fifteen n. North American (frequently humorous) an increase in body weight popularly associated with a student's first year at university, typically attributed to an unhealthy diet and lifestyle.Fifteen refers to 15 pounds, apparently considered representative of the typical weight gain. ΚΠ 1982 Greenville (Pa.) Record-Argus 1 Feb. 8/7 He couldn't escape the ‘freshman 15’, a weight gain which plagues first year students. 2017 S. Karim That Thing we call Heart xxvii. 226 I'd gained at least a pound in less than two days... Between breaking up and the freshman fifteen, I'd be a water buffalo by May. † freshman-sophomore n. U.S. Obsolete rare a student who enters a university in the second year of a course, having studied elsewhere for the first year; cf. fresh sophomore n. ΘΚΠ society > education > learning > learner > college or university student > [noun] > 2nd or 3rd year student sophister1574 sophister1650 sophumer1653 soph1661 sophomore1688 sophomore1726 soph1778 freshman-sophomore1851 sophomoric1946 1851 B. H. Hall Coll. College Words 145 Fresh-soph, an abbreviation of Freshman-Sophomore. One who enters college in the Sophomore year, having passed the time of the Freshman year elsewhere. Derivatives ˈfreshmanhood n. the condition or state of being a freshman; the period of time during which a person is a freshman. ΘΚΠ society > education > learning > learner > college or university student > [noun] > first-year student > condition of freshmanship1607 freshhood1836 freshmanhood1837 fresherdom1888 1837 A. Vernon in Harvardiana July 405 Yearneth not thy laboring heart, oh, Tom, For those dear hours of simple Freshmanhood. 1885 Macmillan's Mag. Nov. 28/1 As it grew in the Freshmanhood of John Henry Newman. 2012 @Ameerah_XOXO 18 Feb. in twitter.com (accessed 14 Feb. 2020) February is over so only 3 more months of freshmanhood!!!!!!! freshˈmanic adj. now somewhat rare of, befitting, or characteristic of a freshman; juvenile, immature. ΘΚΠ society > education > learning > learner > college or university student > [adjective] > first year fresh1834 freshmanic1837 frosh1947 1837 J. R. Lowell Let. 14 Aug. (1894) I. i. 21 Those days of Freshmanic innocence. 1876 G. H. Tripp Student-life Harvard x. 154 Half a score of fellows who..backed up their crew with an enthusiasm that was quite Freshmanic. 2008 N.Y. Post (Nexis) 11 Apr. 41 This movie isn't even sophomoric; it's freshmanic. ˈfreshmanly adj. rare of, befitting, or characteristic of a freshman. ΘΚΠ society > education > learning > learner > [adjective] > novice or beginner younglinga1250 novice1530 freshmanly1568 elementary1601 neophyte1601 initiatea1616 novitious1619 abecedarian1633 tironizinga1660 novitial1778 neophytic1856 neophytish1897 rookie1902 tironic1909 Sears-Roebuck1917 1568 C. Watson in tr. Polybius Hystories To Rdr. sig. A.v^v Thus I put forth this my freshmanly enterprise. 1939 Newcastle (New S. Wales) Sun 16 Dec. 3/5 Covered with freshmanly confusion in the presence of a couple of seniors, Dinesdale giggled. ˈfreshmanship n. the condition, state, or quality of being a freshman; the period of time during which a person is a freshman. ΘΚΠ society > education > learning > learner > college or university student > [noun] > first-year student > condition of freshmanship1607 freshhood1836 freshmanhood1837 fresherdom1888 1607 B. Jonson Volpone iv. iii. sig. K Well, wise sir Pol: since you haue practis'd, thus, Vpon my freshman-ship, Ile trie your salt-head, What proofe it is against a counter-plot. View more context for this quotation 1617 J. Hales Serm. Oxf. 9 This young fencer hath set himselfe vp one of the deepest mysteries of our profession to practise his freshmanship vpon. 1723 in Publ. Colonial Soc. Mass. (1923) XXIV. 173 Samuel Brown shalbe entirely Exempt from going of Errands, during his Freshmanship. c1741 D. Brainerd in J. Edwards Life Brainerd (1851) i. 15 Being much exposed on account of my freshmanship. 1848 J. H. Newman Loss & Gain 4 What they had in common was freshmanship, etc. 1876 J. Ruskin Fors Clavigera VI. lxvi. 192 That I might not torment Mr. Baker with his freshmanship. 2011 @mileyment 11 June in twitter.com (accessed 14 Feb. 2020) This is only the first week of freshmanship ~_~ feels like one month has passed. 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