adjective

1. of schools, colleges, universities, students, teachers, and studies; educational; academic
2. of or characteristic of scholasticism
3. pedantic, dogmatic, formal, etc.
4. of secondary schools scholastic football games

Etymology: L scholasticus < Gr scholastikos < scholazein, to devote one's leisure to study, be at leisure < scholē: see school

noun

1. a student or scholar, esp. in a scholasticate
2. schoolman (sense )
3. a person who is devoted to logical subtleties and quibblings; pedant
4. a person who favors Scholasticism