scholastic

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French scholastique, from Latin scholasticus, from Ancient Greek σχολαστικός (skholastikós).

noun

  1. (philosophy) A member of the medieval philosophical school of scholasticism; a medieval Christian Aristotelian.

adj

  1. Of or relating to school; academic
    This award is for the greatest scholastic achievement by a graduating student.
  2. (philosophy) Of or relating to the philosophical tradition of scholasticism
  3. Characterized by excessive subtlety, or needlessly minute subdivisions; pedantic; formal.

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