academe

[ ak-uh-deem, ak-uh-deem ]

/ ˈæk əˌdim, ˌæk əˈdim /

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noun

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.

RELATED WORDS

school, college, academicians

Nearby words

aca, acaa, acacia, acacia avenue, acad., academe, academese, academia, academic, academic costume, academic dress

Origin of academe

1580–90; < Latin Acadēmus < Greek Akádēmos Academus

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Examples from the Web for academe

He was in his mid-twenties, young and slick, his only nod to academe a small goatee.
Makers|Cory Doctorow
It was Billy who spoke, as his eyes first rested upon that eminent pinnacle of Academe.
Philosophy 4|Owen Wister
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 Nicholson
There are the dark groves of Academe, a place of rest in a bare land.
The Near East|Robert Hichens

"The Grove of Academe," replied Abbey, and the eyes of the artist and his wife were riveted on the editor.
The Americanization of Edward Bok|Edward William Bok

British Dictionary definitions for academe

academe

/ (ˈækəˌdiːm) /

noun literary

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

C16: first used by Shakespeare in Love's Labour's Lost (1594); see academy

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