| Scholastic | a. [ L. scholasticus, Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to have leisure, to give lectures, to keep a school, from &unr_; 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 learning. Sir K. Digby. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. Of or pertaining to the schoolmen and divines of the Middle Ages (see Schoolman); as, scholastic divinity or theology; scholastic philosophy. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. Hence, characterized by excessive subtilty, or needlessly minute subdivisions; pedantic; formal. [ 1913 Webster ] |
