scholastic

[skuh-las-tik]

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adjective Also scho·las·ti·cal.

of or relating to schools, scholars, or education: scholastic attainments.
of or relating to secondary education or schools: a scholastic meet.
pedantic.

of or relating to the medieval schoolmen.

noun

(sometimes initial capital letter) a schoolman, a disciple of the schoolmen, or an adherent of scholasticism.
a pedantic person.
Roman Catholic Church. a student in a scholasticate.

Origin of scholastic

1590–1600; < Latin scholasticus < Greek scholastikós studious, learned, derivative of scholázein to be at leisure to study. See school¹, -tic

Related formsscho·las·ti·cal·ly, adverban·ti·scho·las·tic, adjective, nounan·ti·scho·las·ti·cal·ly, adverbhy·per·scho·las·tic, adjectivehy·per·scho·las·ti·cal·ly, adverbnon·scho·las·tic, adjectivenon·scho·las·ti·cal, adjectivenon·scho·las·ti·cal·ly, adverbpost·scho·las·tic, adjectivepre·scho·las·tic, adjectivepro·scho·las·tic, adjectivepseu·do·scho·las·tic, adjectivepseu·do·scho·las·ti·cal·ly, adverbqua·si-scho·las·tic, adjectivequa·si-scho·las·ti·cal·ly, adverbsem·i·scho·las·tic, adjectivesem·i·scho·las·ti·cal·ly, adverbun·scho·las·tic, adjectiveun·scho·las·ti·cal·ly, adverb

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Related Words for scholastic

learned, scholarly, lettered, literary, pedantic

Examples from the Web for scholastic

Contemporary Examples of scholastic

I had an idea for a movie and I had a meeting with Scholastic Publishing because they have a movie division.
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“There was a nice music to his writing,” says Lee Kravitz, his longtime editor at Scholastic and then at Parade.
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The scholastic pitches finished, the campers returned to their doll designs.
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Scholastic Press editorial director David Levithan recalled his hesitation to the premise.
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But how should Scholastic handle their readers who have long since grown up?
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Historical Examples of scholastic

He cared little how much he imparted of scholastic knowledge.
Shelley, Godwin and Their Circle
H. N. Brailsford
There is no attempt made to impart a scholastic interpretation to it.
The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria
Morris Jastrow
He brought with him also the scholastic type in use in 1499.
A Short History of English Printing, 1476-1898
Henry R. Plomer
Nancy and Jennie are climbing the scholastic 322hill together.
A Little Miss Nobody
Amy Bell Marlowe
It draws within the sphere of its attraction both the scholastic and the unlearned.
Hamlet
William Shakespeare

British Dictionary definitions for scholastic

scholastic

adjective

of, relating to, or befitting schools, scholars, or education
pedantic or precise
(often capital) characteristic of or relating to the medieval Schoolmen

noun

a student or pupil
a person who is given to quibbling or logical subtleties; pedant
(often capital) a disciple or adherent of scholasticism; Schoolman
1. a Jesuit student who is undergoing a period of probation prior to commencing his theological studies
2. the status and position of such a student
a formalist in art

Derived Formsscholastically, adverb

Word Origin for scholastic

C16: via Latin from Greek skholastikos devoted to learning, ultimately from skholē school 1

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Word Origin and History for scholastic

adj.

1590s, "of or pertaining to Scholastic theologians" (Churchmen in the Middle Ages whose theology and philosophy was based on Church Fathers and Aristotle), from Middle French scholastique (14c.), from Latin scholasticus "of a school," from Greek skholastikos "enjoying leisure; devoting one's leisure to learning," hence, as a noun, "a scholar," also in a bad sense, "a pedant; a simpleton," from skhola (see school (n.1)). In English, meaning "pertaining to schools or to school education" is from 1640s. As a noun from 1640s. Related: Scholastical (1530s in the "relating to a school" sense); scholastically.