scholastic

Meanings

Plural: scholastics

Noun

a person who pays more attention to formal rules and book learning than they merit
a Scholastic philosopher or theologian
A member of the medieval philosophical school of scholasticism; a medieval Christian Aristotelian.

Adjective

of or relating to schools
- "scholastic year"
of or relating to the philosophical doctrine of scholasticism
- "scholastic philosophy"

Adj

Of or relating to school; academic
Of or relating to the philosophical tradition of scholasticism
Characterized by excessive subtlety, or needlessly minute subdivisions; pedantic; formal.

Origin / Etymology

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

Synonyms

bookworm, pedant

Scrabble Score: 17

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Words With Friends Score: 19

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