Hypertext Webster Gateway: "didactic"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Didactic \Di*dac"tic\, Didactical \Di*dac"tic*al\, a. [Gr. ?,
fr. ? to teach; akin to L. docere to teach: cf. F.
didactique. See {Docile}.]
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Didactic \Di*dac"tic\, n.
A treatise on teaching or education. [Obs.] --Milton.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
didactic
adj : instructive especially excessively [syn: {didactical}]
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