Word of the Day 8.16.08
di·dac·tic (d
-d
k
t
k) also di·dac·ti·cal (-t-k
l)
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-sz
m) n.
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