academical

American  

[ak-uh-dem-i-kuhl] / ˌæk əˈdɛm ɪ kəl /

adjective

1. academic.

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noun

1. academicals. academic costume.

Other Word Forms

• academically adverb
• nonacademical adjective
• nonacademicalness noun
• semiacademical adjective
• subacademical adjective
• unacademical adjective

Etymology

Origin of academical

First recorded in 1580–90; academic + -al ¹

Example Sentences

In 2020, he was visiting his alma mater and was walking along “the Lawn,” a well-groomed area that represents Jefferson’s attempts at building “an academical village.”

From Washington Post • Apr. 22, 2022

The centerpiece of U.Va.'s historic Grounds and Jefferson's vision of an "academical village," The Rotunda was built from 1822 to 1826.

From US News • Jul. 3, 2015

How does this possibly fit with Mr. Jefferson’s idea of having students and professors living side by side in his academical village?

From Washington Post • Jul. 18, 2012

The latter, a conservative gentleman of the highest type, was in his decoration a trifle too simple, austere, for many people's taste; his design too was severely academical.

From Time Magazine Archive

Richard Vaughan, D.D., an eminent and learned prelate, was born in Caernarvonshire, and received his academical education at St. John’s College, Cambridge, where he graduated. 

From A Biographical Sketch of some of the Most Eminent Individuals which the Principality of Wales has produced since the Reformation by Williams, Robert