"sophomoric" meaning in All languages combined

See sophomoric on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

IPA: /sɒfəˈmɒɹɪk/ [UK], /sɒfəˈmɔːɹɪk/ [UK], /sɑf(ə)ˈmɑɹɪk/ [US], /sɑf(ə)ˈmɔːɹɪk/ [US] Forms: more sophomoric [comparative], most sophomoric [superlative]
Etymology: From sophomore + -ic. Etymology templates: {{af|en|sophomore|-ic}} sophomore + -ic Head templates: {{en-adj}} sophomoric (comparative more sophomoric, superlative most sophomoric)
  1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of a sophomore.
    Sense id: en-sophomoric-en-adj-ANBck-tS
  2. Conceited and overconfident of knowledge but poorly informed and immature.
    Sense id: en-sophomoric-en-adj--tYFmKjG Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ic, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 58 16 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ic: 18 66 17 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 23 57 20 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 83 13
  3. Pretentious; inflated in style or manner.
    Sense id: en-sophomoric-en-adj-QDEtAoWT
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: sophomorically
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "sophomorically"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "sophomore",
        "3": "-ic"
      },
      "expansion": "sophomore + -ic",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From sophomore + -ic.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more sophomoric",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most sophomoric",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "sophomoric (comparative more sophomoric, superlative most sophomoric)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Of, relating to, or characteristic of a sophomore."
      ],
      "id": "en-sophomoric-en-adj-ANBck-tS",
      "links": [
        [
          "sophomore",
          "sophomore"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "26 58 16",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "18 66 17",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms suffixed with -ic",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "23 57 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 83 13",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1972 October 12, Mopsy Strange Kennedy, “Juvenile, puerile, sophomoric, jejune, nutty‐and funny”, in The New York Times:",
          "text": "The editors agree with that “and make that puerile, sophomoric, and jejune too,” says Beard.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Conceited and overconfident of knowledge but poorly informed and immature."
      ],
      "id": "en-sophomoric-en-adj--tYFmKjG",
      "links": [
        [
          "Conceited",
          "conceited"
        ],
        [
          "overconfident",
          "overconfident"
        ],
        [
          "knowledge",
          "knowledge"
        ],
        [
          "poorly",
          "poorly"
        ],
        [
          "informed",
          "informed"
        ],
        [
          "immature",
          "immature"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "sophomoric affectation",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Pretentious; inflated in style or manner."
      ],
      "id": "en-sophomoric-en-adj-QDEtAoWT",
      "links": [
        [
          "Pretentious",
          "pretentious"
        ],
        [
          "inflated",
          "inflated"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/sɒfəˈmɒɹɪk/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sɒfəˈmɔːɹɪk/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sɑf(ə)ˈmɑɹɪk/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sɑf(ə)ˈmɔːɹɪk/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "sophomoric"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English adjectives",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English terms suffixed with -ic",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "sophomorically"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "sophomore",
        "3": "-ic"
      },
      "expansion": "sophomore + -ic",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From sophomore + -ic.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more sophomoric",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most sophomoric",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "sophomoric (comparative more sophomoric, superlative most sophomoric)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Of, relating to, or characteristic of a sophomore."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sophomore",
          "sophomore"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1972 October 12, Mopsy Strange Kennedy, “Juvenile, puerile, sophomoric, jejune, nutty‐and funny”, in The New York Times:",
          "text": "The editors agree with that “and make that puerile, sophomoric, and jejune too,” says Beard.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Conceited and overconfident of knowledge but poorly informed and immature."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Conceited",
          "conceited"
        ],
        [
          "overconfident",
          "overconfident"
        ],
        [
          "knowledge",
          "knowledge"
        ],
        [
          "poorly",
          "poorly"
        ],
        [
          "informed",
          "informed"
        ],
        [
          "immature",
          "immature"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "sophomoric affectation",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Pretentious; inflated in style or manner."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Pretentious",
          "pretentious"
        ],
        [
          "inflated",
          "inflated"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/sɒfəˈmɒɹɪk/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sɒfəˈmɔːɹɪk/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sɑf(ə)ˈmɑɹɪk/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sɑf(ə)ˈmɔːɹɪk/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "sophomoric"
}

Download raw JSONL data for sophomoric meaning in All languages combined (1.9kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-11-06 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-10-02 using wiktextract (fbeafe8 and 7f03c9b). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.