varsity

nounattested in dialogue

United Kingdom//ˈvɑː.sɪ.ti//
United States//ˈvɑɹ.sɪ.ti//
United States/[ˈvɑɹsɪɾi]/

University.

noun

1
University.
[…] and then to lyrically proclaim that, not only was it a way they had in the Varsity to drive dull care away, but that the same practice was also pursued in the army and navy for the attainment of a similar end.
2
The principal sports team representing an institution (usually a high school, college, or university.)
There were sixteen of them in all, for the most part upper classmen who had failed to make the varsity the year before, with a sprinkling of sophomores and two freshmen.
A small Pennsylvania university has only one varsity program: e-sports. Is this the future of college athletics?

Etymology

First attested in the mid-17th century. Clipping of univarsity, reflecting an archaic pronunciation of university.

Forms

plural: varsities

variation · The act of varying; a partial change in the form, position,…variety · A deviation or difference.various · More than one (of an indeterminate set of things).

varsity · University.

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