academe
- the campus activity, life, and interests of a college or university; the academic world.
- (sometimes initial capital letter) any place of instruction; a school.
- (initial capital letter) the public grove in Athens in which Plato taught.
- a person living in, accustomed to, or preferring the environment of a university.
- a scholarly or pedantic person, especially a teacher or student.
Origin of academe
Examples from the Web for academe
Historical Examples of academe
There are the dark groves of Academe, a place of rest in a bare land.
The Near EastRobert Hichens
He was in his mid-twenties, young and slick, his only nod to academe a small goatee.
MakersCory Doctorow
After all superficial contrasts have been exhausted, she may still claim the patronage of the philosopher of Academe.
"The Grove of Academe," replied Abbey, and the eyes of the artist and his wife were riveted on the editor.
The Americanization of Edward BokEdward William Bok
The spirit that of old had hallowed the shades of Academe presided over these gatherings.
Creed And DeedFelix Adler
academe
- any place of learning, such as a college or university
- the grove of Academe or the groves of Academe the academic world
Word Origin for academe
Word Origin and History for academe
Academe
"The Academy," 1580s, from phrase groves of Academe, translating Horace's silvas Academi (see academy); general sense of "the world of universities and scholarship" is attested from 1849. With lower-case letter, academia in the sense of "academic community" is from 1956.
Academe properly means Academus (a Greek hero); & its use as a poetic variant for academy, though sanctioned by Shakespeare, Tennyson & Lowell, is a mistake; the grove of A., however, (Milton) means rightly The Academy. [Fowler]