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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024scho•las•tic /skəˈlæstɪk/USA pronunciation adj. [before a noun]- Educationof or relating to schools, scholars, or education. Also, schoˈlas•ti•cal.
scho•las•ti•cal•ly, adv.: Scholastically he was very advanced.See -schol-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024scho•las•tic (skə las′tik),USA pronunciation adj. Also, scho•las′ti•cal. - Educationof or pertaining to schools, scholars, or education:scholastic attainments.
- Educationof or pertaining to secondary education or schools:a scholastic meet.
- pedantic.
- Educationof or pertaining to the medieval schoolmen.
n. - Education(sometimes cap.) a schoolman, a disciple of the schoolmen, or an adherent of scholasticism.
- Educationa pedantic person.
- Religion[Rom. Cath. Ch.]a student in a scholasticate.
- Greek scholastikós studious, learned, derivative of scholázein to be at leisure to study. See school1, -tic
- Latin scholasticus
- 1590–1600
scho•las′ti•cal•ly, adv. Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: scholastic /skəˈlæstɪk/ adj - of, relating to, or befitting schools, scholars, or education
- pedantic or precise
- (often capital) characteristic of or relating to the medieval Schoolmen
n - a student or pupil
- a person who is given to quibbling or logical subtleties; pedant
- (often capital) a disciple or adherent of scholasticism; Schoolman
- a Jesuit student who is undergoing a period of probation prior to commencing his theological studies
Etymology: 16th Century: via Latin from Greek skholastikos devoted to learning, ultimately from skholē school1schoˈlastically adv |