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Didactic

Di-dăc'tic, n.

noun

n. A treatise on teaching or education. [Obs.] Milton.

Di-dăc'tic or Di-dăc'tic-al, a.

adjective

a. [Gr. διδακτικός, from διδάσκειν, to teach; Fr. didactique.] Fitted or inclined to teach; intended to instruct; preceptive; arranged in a form suitable for instruction; systematic. “The finest didactic poem in any language.” Macaulay.