English

Noun

Academe

1. Alternative spelling of academe

English

Alternative forms

• Academe

Noun

academe ‎(plural academes)

1. (historical) The name of the garden in Athens where the academics met. [First attested in the late 16th century.]^[1]
2. (poetic) An academy; a place of learning. [First attested in the late 16th century.]^[1]
   • 1603, William Shakespeare, Love's Labour's Lost:

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

3. (poetic) The scholarly life, environment, or community. [First attested in the mid 19th century.]^[1]
4. A senior member of the staff at an institution of higher learning; pedant. [First attested in the mid 20th century.]^[1]

Usage notes

• Poetic references are often to “the groves of Academe”, a translation of Horace’s inter silvas Academi.^[2][3]

Related terms

• Akademeia
• academia
• academy

References

1. 1 2 3 4 Brown, Lesley, ed. The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary. 5th. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003.
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