Brewer's: Ægrotat

Ægro′tat

To sport an ægrotat. In university parlance, an ægrotat is a medical certificate of indisposition to exempt the bearer from attending chapel and college lectures.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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