academical
/akəˈdɛmɪk(ə)l
/adjective
Relating to a college or university: the academical year...
- He was created ‘poet-laureate’ by the universities of Oxford, Louvain, and Cambridge, an academical distinction.
- And how well do we planners help our institutions as the academical village goes global?
- He spoke, too, of the quality of food at his university, the exquisiteness of the Institute, which has a small library, but choice - and can call upon the Firestone to fulfill all of the scholars’ more obscure academical desires.
noun (academicals) British dated
Formal university attire: the procession was robed in academicals
