scholastic

[ skuh-las-tik ]
/ skəˈlæs tɪk /

adjective Also scho·las·ti·cal.

of or relating to schools, scholars, or education: scholastic attainments.
of or relating to secondary education or schools: a scholastic meet.
pedantic.
of or relating to the medieval schoolmen.

noun

Origin of scholastic

1590–1600; < Latin scholasticus < Greek scholastikós studious, learned, derivative of scholázein to be at leisure to study. See school1, -tic

OTHER WORDS FROM scholastic

Words nearby scholastic

scholar, scholar's mate, scholarch, scholarly, scholarship, scholastic, scholastic aptitude test, scholasticate, scholasticism, scholiast, scholium

Example sentences from the Web for non-scholastic

  • Most of the novels and non-scholastic books were of a shoddy, sensational type.

    Cleo The Magnificent |Louis Zangwill

British Dictionary definitions for non-scholastic

scholastic
/ (skəˈlæstɪk) /

adjective

noun

Derived forms of scholastic

scholastically, adverb

Word Origin for scholastic

C16: via Latin from Greek skholastikos devoted to learning, ultimately from skholē school 1