academese

noun

aca·​de·​mese

ə¦kadə¦mēz,

¦akəd-,

-ēs

plural -s

: a style of writing held to be characteristic of academic people

Word History

Etymology

academ(ic) + -ese entry 2

First Known Use

1917, in the meaning defined above

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