adj. & n.
--adj.
1. a scholarly; to do with learning. b of or relating to a scholarly institution (academic dress).
2 abstract; theoretical; not of practical relevance.
3 Art conventional, over-formal.
4 a of or concerning Plato's philosophy. b sceptical.
--n. a teacher or scholar in a university or institute of higher education.
Phrases and idioms:
academic year a period of nearly a year reckoned from the time of the main student intake, usu. from the beginning of the autumn term to the end of the summer term.
Derivatives:
academically adv.
Etymology: F acad{eacute}mique or L academicus (as ACADEMY)