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diploma

The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

di·plo·ma / diˈplōmə/ • n. a certificate awarded by an educational establishment to show that someone has successfully completed a course of study. ∎ an official document or charter. ORIGIN: mid 17th cent. (in the sense ‘state paper’): via Latin from Greek diplōma ‘folded paper,’ from diploun ‘to fold,’ from diplous ‘double.’

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diploma official document of state or church; document conferring an honour, privilege, or license. XVII. — L. diplōma — Gr. díplōma folded paper, letter of recommendation or conveying a license or privilege, f. diploûn double, fold, f. diploûs double.

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diploma

Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

diploma •dormer, former, korma, Norma, performer, pro-forma, stormer, transformer, trauma, warmer •sixth-former • barnstormer •aroma, carcinoma, chroma, coma, comber, diploma, glaucoma, Homer, lymphoma, melanoma, misnomer, Oklahoma, Omagh, roamer, Roma, romer, sarcoma, soma •beachcomber •bloomer, boomer, consumer, Duma, humour (US humor), Nkrumah, perfumer, puma, roomer, rumour (US rumor), satsuma, stumer, Sumer, tumour (US tumor) •zeugma • fulmar •bummer, comer, drummer, hummer, midsummer, mummer, plumber, rummer, strummer, summa, summer •latecomer • newcomer • agama •welcomer •astronomer, monomer •ashrama • isomer • gossamer •customer •affirmer, Burma, derma, Irma, murmur, squirmer, terra firma, wormer

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