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Thesaurus: didactic

Alt. of Didactical

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  1. a. Alt. of Didactical
  2. n. A treatise on teaching or education.
  3. adj. instructive (especially excessively)
  4. 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. A treatise on teaching or education. [Obs.] Milton.
  5. A treatise on teaching or education. [Obs.] Milton.
  6. j:100 s. instructive (especially excessively)