Didactically
(Di*dac"tic*al*ly), adv. In a didactic manner.
Didacticism
(Di*dac"ti*cism) n. The didactic method or system.
Didacticity
(Di`dac*tic"i*ty) n. Aptitude for teaching. Hare.
Didactics
(Di*dac"tics) n. The art or science of teaching.
Didactyl
(Di*dac"tyl) n. [Gr. di- = di`s- twice + finger, toe: cf. F. didactyle.] (Zoöl.) An animal having
only two digits.
Didactylous
(Di*dac"tyl*ous) a. (Zoöl.) Having only two digits; two-toed.
Didal
(Di"dal) n. A kind of triangular spade. [Obs.]
Didapper
(Di"dap`per) n. [For divedapper. See Dive, Dap, Dip, and cf. Dabchick.] (Zoöl.) See Dabchick.
Didascalar
(Di*das"ca*lar) a. Didascalic. [R.]
Didascalic
(Di`das*cal"ic) a. [L. didascalius, Gr. fr. to teach: cf. F. didascalique.] Didactic; preceptive.
[R.] Prior.
Diddle
(Did"dle) v. i. [Cf. Daddle.] To totter, as a child in walking. [Obs.] Quarles.
Diddle
(Did"dle), v. t. [Perh. from AS. dyderian to deceive, the letter r being changed to l.] To cheat
or overreach. [Colloq.] Beaconsfield.
Diddler
(Did"dler) n. A cheat. [Colloq.]
Jeremy Diddler, a character in a play by James Kenney, entitled "Raising the wind." The name is applied
to any needy, tricky, constant borrower; a confidence man.
Didelphia
(||Di*del"phi*a) n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. = matrix, uterus.] (Zoöl.) The subclass of Mammalia which
includes the marsupials. See Marsupialia.
Didelphian
(Di*del"phi*an) a. (Zoöl.) Of or relating to the Didelphia. — n. One of the Didelphia.
Didelphic
(Di*del"phic) a. (Zoöl.) Having the uterus double; of or pertaining to the Didelphia.
Didelphid
(Di*del"phid) a. (Zoöl.) Same as Didelphic.
Didelphid
(Di*del"phid), n. (Zoöl.) A marsupial animal.
Didelphous
(Di*del"phous) a. (Zoöl.) Didelphic.
Didelphyc
(Di*del"phyc) a. (Zoöl.) Same as Didelphic.
Didelphys
(||Di*del"phys) n. [NL. See Didelphia.] (Zoöl.) Formerly, any marsupial; but the term is now
restricted to an American genus which includes the opossums, of which there are many species. See
Opossum. [Written also Didelphis.] See Illustration in Appendix. Cuvier.
Didine
(Di"dine) a. (Zoöl.) Like or pertaining to the genus Didus, or the dodo.
Dido
(Di"do) n.; pl. Didos A shrewd trick; an antic; a caper.
