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Definition of Summa cum laude
1. Adjective. With highest honor; with the highest academic distinction. "A summa cum laude graduate"
Similar to: Worthy
2. Adverb. With highest honor. "He graduated summa cum laude"
Definition of Summa cum laude
1. Adverb. With the highest of three degrees of praise, as noted on a diploma. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Summa Cum Laude
Literary usage of Summa cum laude
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Harvard Register by Moses King, Harvard University (1880)
"The degree summa cum laude is to be given to students attaining ninety per cent
on the general scale, or receiving highest honors in any department: the ..."
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