Orbilian

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adjective

Of or relating to disciplinarianism in teaching.

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Meanings

adjectiveOrbilian (comparative more Orbilian, superlative most Orbilian)

comparative more Orbilian · superlative most Orbilian

  1. 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
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    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

Origin

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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APA

Orbilian. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Orbilian

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“Orbilian.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Orbilian. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

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