Orbilian en · ADJ
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).
Meanings
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Of or relating to disciplinarianism in teaching.
I am not lobbying for the revival of the Orbilian classroom, but merely suggesting that we have seriously erred […]
1997, David Solway, Lying about the Wolf: Essays in Culture and Education, page 266:The methods of punishment were drastic and Orbilian; the curriculum and the textbooks two centuries behind the age; the informing spirit ecclesiasticism cut and dried.
1903, Herbert Albert Laurens Fisher, Studies in Napoleonic Statemanship Germany, page 278:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more Orbilian | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most Orbilian | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |