/ak"euh deem', ak'euh deem"/ , n.
1. the campus activity, life, and interests of a college or university; the academic world.
2. ( sometimes cap. ) any place of instruction; a school.
3. ( cap. ) the public grove in Athens in which Plato taught.
4. a person living in, accustomed to, or preferring the environment of a university.
5. a scholarly or pedantic person, esp. a teacher or student.
[ 1580-90; Academus Akádemos ACADEMUS ]