Associations to the word «Tripos»

Wiktionary

TRIPOS, noun. (obsolete) A three-legged structure; a tripod.
TRIPOS, noun. Any of the final examinations for a BA honours degree at Cambridge University.

Dictionary definition

TRIPOS, noun. Final honors degree examinations at Cambridge University.

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky