Academical
adj, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Academic dress, consisting of a cap and gown. plural, plural-only
- 1 Belonging to the school of Plato; believing in Plato's philosophy; sceptical . rare
- 2 Pertaining to a university or other form of higher education.
"This faithfull deputy of his maker and Maſter, entended no prepoſterous courſe againſt you. His breſt like the hart of a good Magiſtrate, is the Ocean whereinto all the cares of our Academicall causes empty themſelues, which hee ever ſendeth forth againe in a wiſe conveyance by the ſtreames of iuſtice"
Example
More examples"This faithfull deputy of his maker and Maſter, entended no prepoſterous courſe againſt you. His breſt like the hart of a good Magiſtrate, is the Ocean whereinto all the cares of our Academicall causes empty themſelues, which hee ever ſendeth forth againe in a wiſe conveyance by the ſtreames of iuſtice"
Etymology
From Latin acadēmicus + -al.
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