academical

[ ak-uh-dem-i-kuhl ]

/ ˌæk əˈdɛm ɪ kəl /

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adjective

academic.

noun

academicals. academic costume.

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Origin of academical

First recorded in 1580–90; academic + -al¹

OTHER WORDS FROM academical

ac·a·dem·i·cal·ly, adverbin·ter·ac·a·dem·i·cal·ly, adverbnon·ac·a·dem·i·cal, adjectivenon·ac·a·dem·i·cal·ly, adverb

non·ac·a·dem·i·cal·ness, nounpseu·do·ac·a·dem·i·cal·ly, adverbqua·si-ac·a·dem·i·cal·ly, adverbsem·i·ac·a·dem·i·cal, adjectivesem·i·ac·a·dem·i·cal·ly, adverbsub·ac·a·dem·i·cal, adjectivesub·ac·a·dem·i·cal·ly, adverbun·ac·a·dem·i·cal, adjectiveun·ac·a·dem·i·cal·ly, adverb

Words nearby academical

acad., academe, academese, academia, academic, academical, academicals, academic costume, academic dress, academic freedom, academic gown

How to use academical in a sentence

If I had time enough (it would take very long) I would amuse you greatly by recounting my academical visits to you.
Charles Baudelaire, His Life|Thophile Gautier
That is the result of academical work, in the hands of a vulgar person.
Lectures on Landscape|John Ruskin
He knows a great deal, and performs all the academical Exercises very well.
The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume I|Karl Ludwig von Pllnitz
It was not only in his academical pursuits, however, that he was emulous of distinction.
The Chronicles of Crime or The New Newgate Calendar. v. 1/2|Camden Pelham

Indeed the President points out, by examples from Raffaelle, the good effect of setting aside these academical rules.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXVIII. February, 1843. Vol. LIII.|Various