... instructive, instructional, didactic; propaedeutic^, propaedeutical^. Phr. the schoolmaster abroad; a bovi majori disscit arare minor [Lat.]; adeo in teneris consuecere multum est [Lat.] [Vergil]; docendo discimus [Lat.]; quaenocent docent [Lat.]; qui docet discit [Lat.]; sermons in stones and good in ... — Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases: Body • Roget