This week's theme: words related to teaching, learning, and schools. graduand (GRAJ-oo-and) noun
One who is about to graduate from a university. [From Latin graduare (to graduate).] -Anu Garg (garg wordsmith.org) "In order to add jollity to the proceedings, said the dean, each graduand would find beneath his seat a little tub of bubbles, complete with mortar board cap." Mike Amos; Proud Return of the Pigeon Boy; Northern Echo (Darlington, UK); Jul 14, 2005. Sponsors' messages: Always find the right word with the Visual Thesaurus. Wordsmith readers save 10%. Try it free! http://www.visualthesaurus.com/?code=4p7&ad=aw Like wordplay? Get "The Giant Book of Animal Jokes: Beastly Humor for Grownups" by Richard Lederer & James Ertner from http://stoneandscott.com ............................................................................ He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you. -Friedrich Nietzsche, philosopher (1844-1900) Share the magic of words. Send a gift sub: http://wordsmith.org/awad/gift.html Remove, change, or subscribe address: http://wordsmith.org/awad/subscriber.html Pronunciation: http://wordsmith.org/words/graduand.wav http://wordsmith.org/words/graduand.ram Permalink: http://wordsmith.org/words/graduand.html This message was sent to "[email protected]".
