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Added 9 October 2026

collegiate

/kəˈliːd͡ʒi.ət/ adjective

Latin root: collēgiātus Wiktionary

adjective Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about collegiate at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

Of or resembling or typical of a college or college students.
collegiate living

Origin

From Middle English collegiate, from Medieval Latin collēgiātus (“colleague”), from collēgium (“community, group”).

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