The English Oracle

Term for student who was thrown out of university?

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00:00 Term For Student Who Was Thrown Out Of University?
00:30 Accepted Answer Score 25
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ACCEPTED ANSWER

Score 25


Expelled, as in the student was expelled from university. It's basically a crossover of the concepts of suspension or expulsion from high school

EDIT: I should probably point out that Rusticated would have been my first choice (had I remembered it) and it's actually the prescribed word for the concept. Moonstar2001 is bang on here




ANSWER 2

Score 8


Sent down is the term used at the old English universities.




ANSWER 3

Score 8


Any of these:

Expelled

Debarred

Rusticated




ANSWER 4

Score 5


The noun for the object of expulsion is the ungraceful 'expellee'. I've only heard the term used once or twice. I suspect it was an on-the-spot construction. 'Winnowed' may apply as an adjective if the circumstances are behavioral rather than academic.