didactic Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite instructive (especially excessively)
    didactical.

WordNet

Di*dac"tic, Di*dac"tic*al adjective (Also<
  • Didactic
  • Didactical
)
Etymology
Gr. , fr. to teach; akin to L. docere to teach: cf. F. didactique. See Docile.
Definitions
  1. 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 noun
Definitions
  1. A treatise on teaching or education. Obs. Milton.

Webster 1913