Emily Dickinson Lexicon

scholar (-s), n. [OE < L. schola, school.] (webplay: learn, literature, book).

1. Wise; exceptionally learned and experienced man .
2. Disciple; someone who gains knowledge vicariously, not through experience .
3. Someone who investigates knowledge; man of letters; philosopher .
4. Great, famous man who made some important contribution to science, literature, philosophy etc. .
5. Pupil; student of elementary school .

scholastic, adj. [L. < Gk. 'studious, a learned man, devote one's leisure to learning'.]

1. Academic; like a school, where one gains knowledge mainly through books.
2. Reason and argument rather than through experience; pedantic; sticking to traditional doctrines and forms of exposition.

school, adj. [see school, n.]

Attending school; at the period of life when taught in school.

school (-s), n. [OE < Gk. 'leisure, employment of leisure and study'.] (webplay: Latin , house, arts, learn, teach, God, difference, leisure, slowly).

1. Place where children go every day to gain rudiments of knowledge; daily duty of boys and girls.
2. Community of children united by common experience of attending lessons and learning; collective body of pupils and their teacher; (fig.) human beings in general.
3. Period of time when one is young and inexperienced; stage in human life .
4. Knowledge imparted to one by teaching during one's youth .
5. Place or establishment where one broadens one's knowledge, acquires new skills, seeks answers to essential questions .
6. Physical setting, place where children are gathered to learn and play.
7. (Fig.) earthly life, where one learns through experience.
8. pl. Body of teachers and scholars united by general similarity of principles, methods and doctrines; academics who use logic in thinking and precise academic terms in defining phenomena; sphere of narrow and pedantic academic discussions.

schoolboy (-s), n. [see school, n. + boy, n.]

1. Boy that attends school; small, inexperienced, lively, often audacious and mischievous child; (fig.) a representative of cruel humanity .
2. (Fig.) scholar, philosopher that tries to explain mysteries of nature or immortality.

schoolmate (-s), n. [see school, n. + mate, n.]

Friend from school; companion of plays; (fig.) people in general.

schoolroom, n. [see school, n. + room, n.]

Room either in a school-building or in a private house where children are taught, listen to explanations and prepare lessons; accomodation for teaching; (fig.) heaven, life after death .

science (-s), n. [Fr. < L. 'knowledge'.] (webplay: know, art, God, mind).

1. Branch of study which is concerned with observed facts and seeks rational solution to all the mysteries of Nature, Man and Universe; aims at systematic classification of natural environment and claims to posses trustworthy, precise methods for the discovery of new truths; theoretical perception of truth as opposed to intuition, feeling and faith .
2. Practical knowledge, specific skill, ability to solve problems, obtained through experience, that can be imparted to others .
3. State of knowing; cognizance; understanding; comprehension; wisdom; truth.
4. Subject; particular branch of knowledge that can be studied and investigated .

scientist, n. [see science, n.]

Philosopher; theologian; rationalist limited by his own way of thinking and earthly aspects of life, such as time; one who cannot grasp the phenomena of nature and is blind to heavenly revelations.

scimitar (cimitar), n. [Fr. cimeterre.]

A short, curved, single-edged sword, used among Orientals; symbol of earthly weapon and tools of torture.