Definitions
Related to school, study, or scholarship.
Word origin
From both the Medieval Latin acadēmicus and the French académique, from Latin academia, from Ancient Greek ἀκαδημικός (akadēmikós), from Ἀκαδημία (Akadēmía) or Ἀκαδήμεια (Akadḗmeia), the name of the place where Plato taught; compare academy. By surface analysis, academy + -ic.
Used in a sentence
“the academic sect or philosophy”
“It was left to the motor industry, half a century later, to destroy Oxford's academic calm.”
“Programs of work should provide students the opportunities to demonstrate both academic and vocational competence attainment.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Scholarly”8 letters
02“Donnish”8 letters
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