English Dictionary: didactical | by the DICT Development Group |
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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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. [bd]Didactical writings.[b8] --Jer. Taylor. The finest didactic poem in any language. --Macaulay. |