academical
nounEtymology From Latin acadēmicus + -al.
1
Academic dress, consisting of a cap and gown.
academical
adjUK /ˌæk.əˈdɛm.ɪ.kl̩/ · US /ˌæk.əˈdɛm.ɪ.kl̩/
Etymology From Latin acadēmicus + -al.
1
Rare Belonging to the school of Plato; believing in Plato's philosophy; sceptical .
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 iuſtice1610, Daniell Price, The Defence of Truth Against a booke falsely called The Triumph of Truth sent over from Arras A.D. 1609 by Humfrey Leech late Minister. […] , Oxford, Lib. 2 Cap. 3, page 234:
- Derived terms
- academical clerk, academicalism, academically, unacademical