See Also: academe(dictionary)
academe(dictionary)

highlighter (iou) and academe (iou)


highlighter (iou)



highlighter noun. Also (earlier & as US proprietary name) Hi-liter. M20.
[from HIGHLIGHT verb + -ER1.]
A marker pen which emphasizes a printed word etc. by overlaying it with a transparent (usu. fluorescent) colour.

academe (iou)



academe noun. literary. Also Academe. L16.
[Partly from Latin academia; partly from transf. use of Greek Akademos: see ACADEMY.]
= ACADEMY 1, 3. L16.
Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost Our court shall be a little Academe.
= ACADEMIA. Esp. in the grove of Academe, the groves of Academe. M19.
= ACADEMIC noun 2. M20.