didactic

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

  1. adjective instructive (especially excessively)

Etymology

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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Synonyms

didactical

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