Ac`a*dem"ic , n.
1. One holding the philosophy of Socrates and Plato; a Platonist. Hume.
2. A member of an
academy, college, or university; an academician.
{ Ac`a*dem"ic (&?;), Ac`a*dem"ic*al (&?;), } a. [L. academicus: cf.
F. académigue. See
Academy.]
1. Belonging to the school or
philosophy of Plato; as, the Academic sect or philosophy.
2. Belonging to an academy
or other higher institution of learning; scholarly; literary or classical, in distinction from scientific.
"Academic courses." Warburton.
"Academical study." Berkeley.
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