Didactic

di-DAK-tik (/daɪˈdæktɪk/)

intended to instruct or teach, sometimes excessively.

“One of Emma’s latest didactic ventures involved teaching rats to play hide-and-seek — much to the bemusement of the entire household.”

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extremely bad, unpleasant, and degrading.

exemption from punishment or freedom from the injurious consequences of an action.

a trip or tour, especially one taken for pleasure by an official at public expense.

to give intense pleasure or joy to.

just begun and so not fully formed or developed.

the act of confabulating; chatting; talking informally.