Found 2 items, similar to scholastic.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: scholastic scholastic adj 1: of or relating to schools; “scholastic year” 2: of or relating to the philosophical doctrine of scholasticism; “scholastic philosophy” scholastic n 1: a person who pays more attention to formal rules and book learning than they merit [syn: pedant, bookworm] 2: a Scholastic philosopher or theologian
English → English (gcide) Definition: Scholastic 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. [1913 Webster] 2. Of or pertaining to the schoolmen and divines of the Middle Ages (see Schoolman); as, scholastic divinity or theology; scholastic philosophy. --Locke. [1913 Webster] 3. Hence, characterized by excessive subtilty, or needlessly minute subdivisions; pedantic; formal. [1913 Webster] Scholastic \Scho*las"tic\, n. 1. One who adheres to the method or subtilties of the schools. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. (R. C. Ch.) See the Note under Jesuit. [1913 Webster]