Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Didactic

Didactic , adjective

[Greek {not transcribed}, from {not transcribed} to teach; akin to Latin docere to teach: compare French didactique. See Docile.]

1.
Fitted or intended to teach; conveying instruction; preceptive; instructive; teaching some moral lesson; as, didactic essays.
Didactical writings. — Jer. Taylor
The finest didactic poem in any language. — Macaulay
2.
excessively prone to instruct, even those who do not wish to be instructed; -- of people. [Pejorative]

Also: Didactical

Didactic , noun

A treatise on teaching or education. [Obsolete] — Milton