Academic \Ac`a*dem"ic\, Academical \Ac`a*dem"ic*al\, a. [L. academicus: cf. F. acad['e]migue. 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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Academic \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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)