scholastic

Noun · Adjective
Synonyms: pedantbookworm

WordNet 3.0

Noun (2)

  1. a person who pays more attention to formal rules and book learning than they meritSynonyms: pedantbookworm
  2. a Scholastic philosopher or theologian

Adjective (2)

  1. of or relating to schools“scholastic year”
  2. of or relating to the philosophical doctrine of scholasticism“scholastic philosophy”
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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]

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