academe
the campus activity, life, and interests of a college or university; the academic world.
Sometimes Academe . any place of instruction; a school.
a person living in, accustomed to, or preferring the environment of a university.
a scholarly or pedantic person, especially a teacher or student.
Academe, the public grove in Athens in which Plato taught.
Origin of academe
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How to use academe in a sentence
And now if you're to be congratulated before I go back to the groves of academe pray bestir yourself.
The Little Brown Jug at Kildare | Meredith NicholsonAt all events, there is sufficient groundwork for any quantity of euphuism about "classic shades," "groves of academe," et cetera.
There are the dark groves of academe, a place of rest in a bare land.
The Near East | Robert HichensHe was in his mid-twenties, young and slick, his only nod to academe a small goatee.
Makers | Cory DoctorowIt was Billy who spoke, as his eyes first rested upon that eminent pinnacle of academe.
Philosophy 4 | Owen Wister
British Dictionary definitions for academe
/ (ˈækəˌdiːm) /
any place of learning, such as a college or university
the grove of Academe or the groves of Academe the academic world
Origin of academe
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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