aegrotat
/ˈʌɪ.ɡɹəʊˌtæt/
aegrotat noun: a certificate indicating that a student is ill, excusing attendance at lectures and examinations and allowing courses to be passed without finishing the work.
Noun
aegrotat (plural aegrotats)
- A certificate indicating that a student is ill, excusing attendance at lectures and examinations and allowing courses to be passed without finishing the work.
- Near-synonym: sick note
- I sent my servant to the apothecary for a thing called an ægrotat, which I understood, for I never saw one, meant a certificate that I was indisposed, and that it would be injurious to my health to attend chapel, or hall, or lectures. This was forwarded to the college authorities.1864, Charles Babbage, “Cambridge”, in Passages from the Life of a Philosopher, page 37
- Synonyms:
- sick note
- An unclassified degree awarded to such a student.
- Aegrotat and posthumous awards will normally be considered only when no interim award is available, no degree award may be made within the regulations, and the student is/was close to completion of the award.2018, “Aegrotat and Posthumous Awards”, in Academic Quality Handbook, Aberystwyth University, retrieved 19 Apr 2018
aegrotat meaning in Tamil and Bengali
aegrotat in Tamil
- நோய் உற்றிருக்கிறார் என்பதற்கானச் சான்று
aegrotat in Bengali
- বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়ের অসুস্থতার ছুটি, সার্টিফিকেট
Synonyms of aegrotat
Forms of aegrotat
| plural | aegrotats |
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Origin of aegrotat
UK 19th century. Latin aegrotat, literally “he/she is ill”, third-person singular present active indicative form of aegrōtō.
Questions about aegrotat
- What does aegrotat mean?
- Aegrotat means a certificate indicating that a student is ill, excusing attendance at lectures and examinations and allowing courses to be passed without finishing the work.
- What is aegrotat in Tamil?
- Aegrotat in Tamil is நோய் உற்றிருக்கிறார் என்பதற்கானச் சான்று. See Aegrotat meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is aegrotat?
- Aegrotat is a noun.
- How do you pronounce aegrotat?
- Aegrotat is pronounced /ˈʌɪ.ɡɹəʊˌtæt/.
- What is the plural of aegrotat?
- The plural of aegrotat is aegrotats.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: aegrotat (page history and authors); aegrotat (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); aegrotat (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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