Modsn.

Brit.

/mɒdz/, U.S.

/mɑdz/

Forms: also with lower-case initial.

Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: English Moderations.

Etymology: Shortened < Moderations (see moderation n. 4a).

At the University of Oxford: Moderations. See moderation n. 4a.

ΘΚΠ

society > education > educational administration > examination > [noun] > university examinations

fellowship examination1787

collections1799

responsions1810

response1813

little go1816

great go1820

Previous Examination1824

school1826

smalls1836

senate-house examination1837

tripos1842

honours examination1851

biennial1853

great1854

moderations1857

Mods1858

professional1890

Trip1909

previous1950

1858 J. C. Thomson Almæ Matres 226 Between the ‘little-go’ and ‘mods’ he learns nothing new.

1876 O. Wilde Let. 5 July (1962) 15 Tonight the Mods list comes out.

1893 B. Whitby In Suntime of Youth I. ii. 26 Neither the attainment of the Balliol scholarship, nor a ‘first in Mods’, elicited a word of congratulation.

1923 G. Saintsbury Second Scrap Bk. 27 For ‘Mods’ Logic one went to Professor Wall's University lectures and Mr Sidgwick's tutorials.

1955 Times 11 Aug. 9/2 I make a point of asking them how often they take down Aeschylus or Catullus and the usual answer is that they have scarcely opened a classical text since they got their first in Mods or won the Ireland.

1977 V. Glendinning Elizabeth Bowen iii. 47 Oxford, where he failed to distinguish himself greatly, achieving a third class in Mods.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mods
释义	Modsn. Brit. /mɒdz/, U.S. /mɑdz/ Forms: also with lower-case initial. Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: English Moderations. Etymology: Shortened < Moderations (see moderation n. 4a). At the University of Oxford: Moderations. See moderation n. 4a. ΘΚΠ society > education > educational administration > examination > [noun] > university examinations fellowship examination1787 collections1799 responsions1810 response1813 little go1816 great go1820 Previous Examination1824 school1826 smalls1836 senate-house examination1837 tripos1842 honours examination1851 biennial1853 great1854 moderations1857 Mods1858 professional1890 Trip1909 previous1950 1858 J. C. Thomson Almæ Matres 226 Between the ‘little-go’ and ‘mods’ he learns nothing new. 1876 O. Wilde Let. 5 July (1962) 15 Tonight the Mods list comes out. 1893 B. Whitby In Suntime of Youth I. ii. 26 Neither the attainment of the Balliol scholarship, nor a ‘first in Mods’, elicited a word of congratulation. 1923 G. Saintsbury Second Scrap Bk. 27 For ‘Mods’ Logic one went to Professor Wall's University lectures and Mr Sidgwick's tutorials. 1955 Times 11 Aug. 9/2 I make a point of asking them how often they take down Aeschylus or Catullus and the usual answer is that they have scarcely opened a classical text since they got their first in Mods or won the Ireland. 1977 V. Glendinning Elizabeth Bowen iii. 47 Oxford, where he failed to distinguish himself greatly, achieving a third class in Mods. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1858
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