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academe
[ ak-uh-deem, ak-uh-deem ]
noun
- 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.
academe
/ ˈækəˌdiːm /
noun
- any place of learning, such as a college or university
- the grove of Academethe grove of Academethe groves of Academe the academic world
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Origin of academe1
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Example Sentences
And now if you're to be congratulated before I go back to the groves of Academe pray bestir yourself.
At 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.
He was in his mid-twenties, young and slick, his only nod to academe a small goatee.
It was Billy who spoke, as his eyes first rested upon that eminent pinnacle of Academe.
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