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.
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.