So scholarly as to be unaware of the outside world; lacking in worldliness; inexperienced in practical matters.
Having a love of or aptitude for learning.
Belonging to the school or philosophy of Plato
Belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning, or a scholarly society or organization.
Conforming to set rules and traditions; conventional; formalistic.
Having little practical use or value, as by being overly detailed and unengaging, or by being theoretical and speculative with no practical importance.
In particular: relating to literary, classical, or artistic studies like the humanities, rather than to technical or vocational studies like engineering or welding.
Subscribing to the architectural standards of Vitruvius.
A senior member of an academy, college, or university; a person who attends an academy; a person engaged in scholarly pursuits; one who is academic in practice.
A member of the Academy; an academician.
A follower of Plato, a Platonist.
Academic studies.
Academic dress; academicals.
Having less than an expected standard of familiarity with language and literature, or having little formal education.
Unable to read and write.
Not conforming to prescribed standards of speech or writing.
Ignorant in a specified way or about a specified subject.
An illiterate person, one either not able to read and write or not knowing how.
A person ignorant about a given subject.