optime

noun

op·​ti·​me

ˈäptəˌmē

plural -s

: a student at Cambridge University, England, prior to the 20th century obtaining honors but failing to get placed among the wranglers in the mathematical tripos

Word History

Etymology

from the Latin phrase optime disputasti you have argued very well

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