tripose definition
(trÄ«â²pÅsâ²) n. pl. triÂ·posÂ·es. Any of the examinations for the B.A. degree with honors at Cambridge University in England. [Alteration of Latin tripÅ«s, tripod-, tripod (from the stool upon which a degree holder was appointed to sit and dispute humorously with candidates for that degree); see tripod.]