sophomoric

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The Word of the Day for April 1 is:

sophomoric   \sahf-MOR-ik\   adjective 
    *1 : conceited and overconfident of knowledge but poorly 
informed and immature 
     2 : of, relating to, or characteristic of a sophomore 

Example sentence: 
     The class presentations were surprisingly thorough and 
interestingnot at all the sophomoric commentaries I had 
expected.

Did you know? 
     Sophomores get a bad rap. A lot of people seem to think 
they're foolish (no matter what they do), when they know 
they're pretty wise. The history of the words "sophomore" 
and "sophomoric," which developed from "sophomore," proves that 
it has always been tough to be a sophomore. Those words are 
believed to come from a combination of the Greek terms "sophos" 
(meaning "wise") and "moros" (meaning "foolish"). But 
sophomores can take comfort in the fact that some very 
impressive words, including "philosopher" and "sophisticated," 
are also related to "sophos." 

*Indicates the sense illustrated in the example sentence.