hyperscholastic

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English

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Etymology

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From hyper- +‎ scholastic.

Adjective

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hyperscholastic (comparative more hyperscholastic, superlative most hyperscholastic)

  1. Very highly scholastic.
    • 1997, John D. Caputo, The prayers and tears of Jacques Derrida: religion without religion, page 258:
      And he himself will never be free of the objection that Ulysses is too precious, overcalculated, overcultivated, overloaded with knowledge, hyperscholastic, too subtle...