Read full poem →Our Haydon's hand has flung out from the mist:
No portrait this, with Academic air !
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Dictionary Entry
academic
Part of SpeechnounPronunciation/ˌækəˈdɛmɪk/Word FrequencyNot availableCurriculum FrequencyLess common (1)Used In Literature ↓(usually capitalized) A follower of Plato, a Platonist.
In a Sentence
“The article includes academic to support a careful argument.”
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Poetry examples for “academic”
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