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scholastical

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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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Word Origin & History

scholastic 
1596, "of or pertaining to Scholastic theologians" (Churchmen in the Middle Ages whose theology and philosophy was based on Church Fathers and Aristotle), from M.Fr. scholastique, from L. scholasticus "learned," from Gk. skholastikos "studious, learned" (see school (1)). Meaning "pertaining to schools or to school education" is from 1647. Scholasticism is attested from 1756.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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