didascalicadj.

/dɪdaˈskalɪk/

Etymology: < Latin didascalicus, < Greek διδασκαλικός fit for teaching, instructive, < διδάσκαλος teacher, < διδάσκειν to teach.

Of the nature of a teacher or of instruction; didactic; pertaining to a teacher.

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instructivea1492

preceptivea1525

instructing1561

documentalc1575

dogmatical1580

doctrinablea1586

doctrinal1597

didactical1603

didascalic1609

tutorly1611

schooling1614

indoctrinating1642

disciplinable1644

docenta1645

institutionary1646

protreptic1658

protreptical1662

dogmatic1678

educating1699

didactive1723

educativea1750

tuitive1776

educatory1792

didactic1799

instructional1801

tuitionary1816

instructionary1824

didascalara1846

teaching1853

tuitional1861

documentary1873

1609 R. Bernard Faithfull Shepheard (new ed.) 42 This of some is called the Didascalike or Doctrinall part of a Sermon.

1638 A. Symson in C. H. Spurgeon Treasury of David (1871) II. Ps. xxxii. 94 This is a Didascalic Psalm, wherein David teacheth sinners to repent by his doctrine.

1718 M. Prior Solomon on Vanity Pref., in Poems Several Occasions (new ed.) Under what species it may be comprehended, whether didascalic or heroic, I leave to the judgment of the critics.

1813 T. Busby (title) Lucretius' Nature of Things, a Didascalic Poem.

1833 E. Bulwer-Lytton Eng. & English iv. iv They have no toleration for the didascalic affectations in which academicians delight.

1866 Elgin & Cathedral Guide i. 110 The didascalic power of the drama.

Derivatives

diˈdascalar adj. of or pertaining to a teacher, didactic.

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