/ skəˈlæstɪk; NAmE / adjective [ only before noun ] ( formal )
1.
connected with schools and education :
scholastic achievements
2.
connected with scholasticism
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WORD ORIGIN
late 16th cent. (in sense 2 of the adjective): via Latin from Greek skholastikos studious, from skholazein be at leisure to study, from skholē leisure, philosophy, lecture-place.