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oppidan

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Definitions

  1. Of or pertaining to a town or conurbation.

Word origin

From Latin oppidānus (“of a town, provincial”), from oppidum (“town which is not an urbs”) + -ānus (“-an”, adjective-forming suffix), by surface analysis, oppid(um) + -an.

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  • ... calculating the portions of the population, which are purely oppidan, suburban and rural, separately, ...
  • In terms of socio-economic impact, it appears that the water mill was an oppidan development in the Roman possessions, including Dacia.
  • The beggar whom Elia encounters... is an oppidan caricature of the old man in “Witches” who was conjured up in the demonic vision, a dark, irrational double that overwhelms and destroys innocence.

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