English Explanatory Dictionary

Orbilian

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of or relating to disciplinarianism in teaching.

Word forms

Orbilian more Orbilian most Orbilian

Etymology

After the nomen (middle name) of the ancient Latin grammarian Lucius Orbilius Pupillus (114 BC – c. 14 BC), whom the poet Horace (65 BC – 8 BC), his pupil, criticized as plāgōsus (fond of flogging).

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