a. Of or pertaining to sciolism, or a sciolist; partaking of sciolism; resembling a sciolist. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. scholasticus, Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to have leisure, to give lectures, to keep a school, from &unr_; 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Of or pertaining to the schoolmen and divines of the Middle Ages (see Schoolman); as, scholastic divinity or theology; scholastic philosophy. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Hence, characterized by excessive subtilty, or needlessly minute subdivisions; pedantic; formal. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who adheres to the method or subtilties of the schools. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (R. C. Ch.) See the Note under Jesuit. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. & n. Scholastic. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a scholastic manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The method or subtilties of the schools of philosophy; scholastic formality; scholastic doctrines or philosophy. [ 1913 Webster ]

The spirit of the old scholasticism . . . spurned laborious investigation and slow induction. J. P. Smith. [ 1913 Webster ]