(of sports events, competitions, etc) occurring between two or more schools
2.
representative of various schools
interscholastic in American English
(ˌɪntərskəˈlæstɪk)
adjective
between or among schools
an interscholastic debate
interscholastic in American English
(ˌintərskəˈlæstɪk)
adjective
between schools, or representative of different schools, esp. secondary schools
interscholastic athletics
Word origin
[1895–1900; inter- + scholastic]This word is first recorded in the period 1895–1900. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: backstage, backwind, calling card, cutback, frame of referenceinter- is a prefix occurring in loanwords from Latin, where it meant “between,” “among,”“in the midst of,” “mutually,” “reciprocally,” “together,” “during” (intercept; interest). On this model, inter- is used in the formation of compound words (intercom; interdepartmental)