About The Word Scholastic
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Scholastic
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What's The Definition Of Scholastic?
[n] a person who pays more attention to formal rules and book learning than they merit
[adj] of or relating to schools; "scholastic year" [adj] of or relating to the philosophical doctrine of scholasticism; "scholastic philosophy" Synonyms | Synonyms for Scholastic: bookworm | pedant Related Terms | Find terms related to Scholastic: See Also | intellect | intellectual | purist Scholastic In Webster's Dictionary \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.
\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}. |
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