Emeritus

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: e + me + ri + tus

Origin

From Latin emeritus.

Adjective

1. Retired, but retaining an honorific version of previous title especially "professor".

Full definition of emeritus

Noun

1. A person retired in this sense (feminine form emerita).
• 1955, Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita:
2. Oh, you veteran crime reporter, you grave old usher, you once popular policeman, now in solitary confinement after gracing that school crossing for years, you wretched emeritus read to by a boy!

Related terms

• emerita
• emeritum