scholastic (adj.)

  1. of or relating to schools; scholastic year'

  2. of or relating to the philosophical doctrine of scholasticism; scholastic philosophy'

    scholastic (n.)

  1. a person who pays more attention to formal rules and book learning than they merit

    [ Syn: pedant , bookworm ]

  2. a Scholastic philosopher or theologian

    [ Syn: scholastic ]

The dictionary is based on the WordNet Electronic Lexical Database.
WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2011 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.