SCHOLASTIC

I. adjective Etymology: Medieval Latin & Latin; Medieval Latin ~us of the schoolmen, from Latin, of a school, from Greek scholastikos, from scholazein to keep a school, from scholē school Date: 1596 1. of or relating to Scholasticism , suggestive or characteristic of a ~ especially in subtlety or aridity ; pedantic , of or relating to schools or scholars, ~ally adverb II. noun Date: 1644 1. a Scholastic philosopher, pedant , formalist, a student in a ~ate, a person who adopts academic or traditional methods in art