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Scholastic
Scho-las′tic
,Adj.
[L.
scholasticus
, Gr. [GREEK], fr. [GREEK] to have leisure, to give lectures, to keep a school, from [GREEK] 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
learningSir K. Digby.
2.
Of or pertaining to the schoolmen and divines of the Middle Ages (see
Schoolman
); as,
. scholastic
divinity or theology; scholastic
philosophyLocke.
3.
Hence, characterized by excessive subtilty, or needlessly minute subdivisions; pedantic; formal.
Scho-las′tic
,Noun.
1.
One who adheres to the method or subtilties of the schools.
Milton.