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scho⋅las⋅tic

  [skuh-las-tik]
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–adjective Also, scho⋅las⋅ti⋅cal.
1. of or pertaining to schools, scholars, or education: scholastic attainments.
2. of or pertaining to secondary education or schools: a scholastic meet.
3. pedantic.
4. of or pertaining to the medieval schoolmen.
–noun
5. (sometimes initial capital letter) a schoolman, a disciple of the schoolmen, or an adherent of scholasticism.
6. a pedantic person.
7. Roman Catholic Church. a student in a scholasticate.
Origin:
1590–1600; < L scholasticus < Gk scholastikós studious, learned, deriv. of scholázein to be at leisure to study. See school 1 , -tic

Related forms:
scho⋅las⋅ti⋅cal⋅ly, adverb
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Scholastical

Scho*las"tic*al\, a. & n. Scholastic.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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