DIDACTIC

didactic, didactical

(adjective) instructive (especially excessively)

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adjective

didactic (comparative more didactic, superlative most didactic)

Instructive or intended to teach or demonstrate, especially with regard to morality.

Synonyms: educative, instructive

Excessively moralizing.

(medicine) Teaching from textbooks rather than laboratory demonstration and clinical application.

Noun

didactic (plural didactics)

(archaic) A treatise on teaching or education.

Source: Wiktionary

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Di*dac"tic, Di*dac"tic*al, a. Etym: [Gr. docere to teach: cf. F. didactique. See Docile.]

Definition: Fitted or intended to teach; conveying instruction; preceptive; instructive; teaching some moral lesson; as, didactic essays. "Didactical writings." Jer. Taylor. The finest didactic poem in any language. Macaulay.

Di*dac"tic, n.

Definition: A treatise on teaching or education. [Obs.] Milton.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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