Associations to the word «Oppidan»
Wiktionary
OPPIDAN, adjective. (rare) Of or pertaining to a town or conurbation.
OPPIDAN, noun. (rare) (obsolete) A town dweller.
OPPIDAN, noun. (also Oppidan) A class of student in traditional English public schools such as Eton; opposed to colleger or King's Scholar.
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.