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scholastic |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Scholastic \Scho*las"tic\, n. 1. One who adheres to the method or subtilties of the schools. --Milton. 2. (R. C. Ch.) See the Note under {Jesuit}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Scholastic \Scho*las"tic\, a. [L. scholasticus Gr ?, fr ? to have leisure, to give lectures, to keep a school, from ? leisure, a lecture, a school: cf F. scholastique scolastique See {School}.] 1. Pertaining to or suiting, a scholar, a school, or schools; scholarlike; as scholastic manners or pride; scholastic learning. --Sir K. Digby 2. Of or pertaining to the schoolmen and divines of the Middle Ages (see {Schoolman}); as scholastic divinity or theology; scholastic philosophy. --Locke. 3. Hence characterized by excessive subtilty, or needlessly minute subdivisions; pedantic; formal. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: scholastic adj 1: of or relating to schools; "scholastic year" 2: of or relating to the philosophical doctrine of scholasticism; "scholastic philosophy" n : a person who pays more attention to formal rules and book learning than they merit [syn: {pedant}, {bookworm}]
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