SCHOLASTIC


Meaning of SCHOLASTIC in English

— scholastically , adv.

/skeuh las"tik/ , adj. Also, scholastical .

1. of or pertaining to schools, scholars, or education: scholastic attainments.

2. of or pertaining to secondary education or schools: a scholastic meet.

3. pedantic.

4. of or pertaining to the medieval schoolmen.

n.

5. ( sometimes cap. ) a schoolman, a disciple of the schoolmen, or an adherent of scholasticism.

6. a pedantic person.

7. Rom. Cath. Ch. a student in a scholasticate.

[ 1590-1600; scholasticus scholastikós studious, learned, deriv. of scholázein to be at leisure to study. See SCHOOL 1 , -TIC ]

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