Word Study
academe
OXFORD DICTIONARY
academe, n.
1 a the world of learning. b universities collectively.
2 literary a college or university.
1 a the world of learning. b universities collectively.
2 literary a college or university.
Idiom
grove (or groves) of Academe a university environment.
Etymology
Gk Akademos (see ACADEMY): used by Shakesp. (Love's Labour's Lost I. i. 13) and Milton (Paradise Regained iv. 244)
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