Word of the Day 8.16.08

di·dac·tic (d-dktk) also di·dac·ti·cal (-t-kl)

adj.

1. Intended to instruct.

2. Morally instructive.

3. Inclined to teach or moralize excessively.

[Greek didaktikos, skillful in teaching, from didaktos, taught, from didaskein, didak-, to teach, educate.]

di·dacti·cal·ly adv.

di·dacti·cism (-t-szm) n.

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Word of the Day 8.15.08

fore·to·ken (fôr-tkn, fr-)

tr.v. fore·to·kened, fore·to·ken·ing, fore·to·kens

To indicate or give warning of beforehand; presage.

n. (fôrtkn, fr-)

An advance sign; a warning.

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