scholastic

About 2.72 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A member of the medieval philosophical school of scholasticism; a medieval Christian Aristotelian.
2. adjective Of or relating to school; academic

   This award is for the greatest scholastic achievement by a graduating student.

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

Similar words

pedant bookworm academic educational formal classroom university education schooling learning

Often followed by

aptitude philosophy achievement theology and ability tradition method philosophers

Word family

Scholastic Scholastics scholastically scholastics