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

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King