ACADEMIC, ACADEMICS
NOUNS
► ACCA ► ACKER academics → 1977 Aust.
► BRAIN DERBY an academic contest → 1942 Amer. students’ sl. (Bk.)
► COLLOQUIUM an academic conference or seminar → 1861
► DISSERTATION an academic treatise or thesis, as for a higher degree → 1651
► IVORY TOWER academic retreat from everyday life, as a university is sometimes considered to be → 1911
► SUBFUSC the dark formal attire worn under a gown for formal occasions at certain universities, as Oxford and Cambridge → 1853
NOUNS, PERSON
► ACADEMIAN an academic or academician; a student in a university or college → 1593
► ACADEMIC a member of a university or college, now spec. a senior member, a member of a university or college’s teaching or research staff; also, in weakened sense, a person interested in or excelling at pursuits involving reading, thinking, and study → 1581
► ACCA ► ACKER an academic person, esp. one who trades on the proliferation of current, if ephemeral, intellectual fads → 1977 Aust.
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