SCHOLASTIC
\skəlˈastɪk], \skəlˈastɪk], \s_k_ə_l_ˈa_s_t_ɪ_k]\
Definitions of SCHOLASTIC
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
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a person who pays more attention to formal rules and book learning than they merit
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a Scholastic philosopher or theologian
By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Pertaining to, or suiting, a scholar, a school, or schools; scholarlike; as, scholastic manners or pride; scholastic learning.
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Of or pertaining to the schoolmen and divines of the Middle Ages (see Schoolman); as, scholastic divinity or theology; scholastic philosophy.
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Hence, characterized by excessive subtilty, or needlessly minute subdivisions; pedantic; formal.
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See the Note under Jesuit.
By Oddity Software
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Pertaining to, or suiting, a scholar, a school, or schools; scholarlike; as, scholastic manners or pride; scholastic learning.
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Of or pertaining to the schoolmen and divines of the Middle Ages (see Schoolman); as, scholastic divinity or theology; scholastic philosophy.
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Hence, characterized by excessive subtilty, or needlessly minute subdivisions; pedantic; formal.
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See the Note under Jesuit.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Pertaining to a scholar or to schools: scholar-like: pertaining to the schoolmen: excessively subtle.
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One who adheres to the method or subtleties of the schools of the middle ages.
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
