'Didactical' definitions:
Definition of 'didactical'
From: WordNet
adjective
Instructive (especially excessively) [syn: didactic, didactical]
Definition of 'Didactical'
From: GCIDE
- Didactic \Di*dac"tic\, Didactical \Di*dac"tic*al\, a. [Gr. ?, fr. ? to teach; akin to L. docere to teach: cf. F. didactique. See Docile.]
- 1. Fitted or intended to teach; conveying instruction; preceptive; instructive; teaching some moral lesson; as, didactic essays. "Didactical writings." --Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster]
- The finest didactic poem in any language. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
- 2. excessively prone to instruct, even those who do not wish to be instructed; -- of people. [Pejorative]
- Syn: didactic. [WordNet 1.5]