Definition of DIDACTIC

didactic

Plural: didactics

Adjective Satellite

  • instructive (especially excessively)

Adj

  • Instructive or intended to teach or demonstrate, especially with regard to morality.
  • Excessively moralizing.
  • Teaching from textbooks rather than laboratory demonstration and clinical application.

Noun

  • A treatise on teaching or education.

Adjective

  • Intended for instruction or to teach a moral lesson.

Examples

  • didactic poetry
  • His DIDACTIC explanations of valid words often annoyed his opponents.

Origin / Etymology

From French didactique, from Ancient Greek διδακτικός (didaktikós, “skilled in teaching”), from διδακτός (didaktós, “taught, learnt”), from διδάσκω (didáskō, “I teach, educate”). By surface analysis, didact + -ic.

Scrabble Score: 14

didactic: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
didactic: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
didactic: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 16

didactic: valid Words With Friends Word