gaudeamus

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noun

A students' merrymaking.

OriginLatin gaudeamus →
UncommonScrabble 13
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Meanings

noungaudeamus (plural gaudeamuses)

plural gaudeamuses

  1. archaicA students' merrymaking.

Origin

  1. Latingaudeamus“may we rejoice”
  2. Englishgaudeamus

Learned borrowing from Latin gaudeamus (“may we rejoice”)

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APA

gaudeamus. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gaudeamus

MLA

“gaudeamus.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gaudeamus. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gaudeamus,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gaudeamus.

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