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. ]
n.
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 ]