didascalic

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  1. Didactic; preceptive; conveying instruction. [Rare.] Under what species it may be comprehended, whether didascalic or heroic, I leave to the judgment of the critics. Prior, Solomon, Pref.
  2. Didascalic syllogism a demonstrative syllogism.

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  1. = Spanish didascalisco = Portuguese Italian didascalico, from Greek διδασκαλικός, of or for teaching, from διδάσκαλος, a teacher, from διδάσκειν, teach: see didactic.
 

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