Word Study
sophomoric
CIDE DICTIONARY
sophomoric, a.
Of or pertaining to a sophomore; resembling a sophomore; hence, pretentious; inflated in style or manner; as, sophomoric affectation. [1913 Webster]
THESAURUS
sophomoric
amateur, amateurish, autodidactic, bookish, college-bred, collegiate, dabbling, dilettante, dilettantish, graduate, half-assed, half-baked, half-cocked, immature, learned, postgraduate, schoolboyish, schoolgirlish, sciolistic, shallow, smattering, studentlike, studious, superficial, undergraduateFor further exploring for "sophomoric" in Webster Dictionary Online