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academe

noun
/ˈæk.ə.diːm/UK/ˈæk.əˌdim/US

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek Ἀκάδημος (Akádēmos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ία (-ía) Ancient Greek Ἀκαδήμεια (Akadḗmeia)der. New Latin acadēmī̆abor. English academe From New Latin academia, from Ancient Greek Ἀκαδημία (Akadēmía); Doublet of academia, academy, and Akademeia. Academe (frequently capitalized) is a poetic name for the garden or grove near ancient Athens where Plato taught, supposedly named for its former owner, the hero Ἀκάδημος (Akademos; Ἑκάδημος, Hekademos).

  1. derived from Ἀκαδημία
  2. borrowed from academia

Definitions

  1. The garden in Athens where the academics met.

  2. An academy

    An academy; a place of learning.

    • Navarre shall be the wonder of the world; / Our court shall be a little Academe,/ Still and contemplative in living art.

  3. The scholarly life, environment, or community.

    • His father expected him to enter the government or a major corporation upon graduation from the university, but Noboru Wataya chose to remain in academe and become a scholar.
  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. A senior member of the staff at an institution of higher learning

      A senior member of the staff at an institution of higher learning; pedant.

    2. Alternative spelling of academe.

The neighborhood

Derived

academese

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA