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Scholastic
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Part of speech: noun (n.)
1. One who adheres to the method or subtilties of the schools. Milton.
2. See the Note under Jesuit.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 2
Part of speech: adjective (a.)
1. Pertaining to, or suiting, a scholar, a school, or schools; scholarlike; as, scholastic manners or pride; scholastic learning. Sir K. Digby.
2. Of or pertaining to the schoolmen and divines of the Middle Ages (see Schoolman); as, scholastic divinity or theology; scholastic philosophy. Locke.
3. Hence, characterized by excessive subtilty, or needlessly minute subdivisions; pedantic; formal.