DIDACTIC

didactic. Didactic, a. preceptive, doctrinal

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{ Di‐dac″tic (?), 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.