a. 学校的, 学校教育的, 学者的, 学究的

n. 经院哲学家, 学究, 墨守成规者, 学生

Scholastic \Scho*las"tic\, a. [L. scholasticus, Gr. ?, fr. ? to
have leisure, to give lectures, to keep a school, from ?
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.

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.


Scholastic \Scho*las"tic\, n.
1. One who adheres to the method or subtilties of the
schools. --Milton.

2. (R. C. Ch.) See the Note under {Jesuit}.