DIDACTICAL

didactic, didactical

(adjective) instructive (especially excessively)

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

didactical (comparative more didactical, superlative most didactical)

didactic

Source: Wiktionary


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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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