Added 9 October 2026
didactic
/daɪˈdæk.tɪk/ adjective
In Latin: didascalicum Wiktionary
adjective Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about didactic at Wordnik → Where our words come from →
- Instructive (especially excessively).
Origin
From French didactique, from Ancient Greek διδακτικός (didaktikós, “skilled in teaching”), from διδακτός (didaktós, “taught, learnt”), from διδάσκω (didáskō, “to teach, educate”). By surface analysis, didact + -ic.
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