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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. a person who pays more attention to formal rules and book learning than they merit;
[syn: pedant, bookworm, scholastic]

2. a Scholastic philosopher or theologian;


ADJECTIVE (2)

1. of or relating to schools;
- Example: "scholastic year"

2. of or relating to the philosophical doctrine of scholasticism;
- Example: "scholastic philosophy"


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

scholastic adj 1: of or relating to schools; "scholastic year" 2: of or relating to the philosophical doctrine of scholasticism; "scholastic philosophy" n 1: a person who pays more attention to formal rules and book learning than they merit [syn: pedant, bookworm, scholastic] 2: a Scholastic philosopher or theologian