n.
Pronunciation: sk ə - ' las-tik
Function: adjective
Etymology: Medieval Latin & Latin; Medieval Latin scholasticus of the schoolmen, from Latin, of a school, from Greek scholastikos, from scholazein to keep a school, from schol ē school
Date: 1596
1 a often capitalized : of or relating to Scholasticism < scholastic theology> < scholastic philosophy> b : suggestive or characteristic of a scholastic especially in subtlety or aridity : PEDANTIC <dull scholastic reports>
2 : of or relating to schools or scholars especially : of or relating to high school or secondary school
– scho · las · ti · cal · ly \ -ti-k( ə -)l ē \ adverb