Pronounced: SIH-zhuhn, noun
Notes: I didn’t know this word, but I did know a synonym
Yesterday’s word
The word gaudeamus is “a convivial gathering or merry-making of students at a college or university”
First usage
Our word came into English in the early 1800s
Background / Comments
Our word came from a student’s song called De Brevitate Vitae (On the Shortness of Life); the first word on the song is gaudeamus (let us rejoice).
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