Stigmatic
//stɪɡˈmætɪk// adj, noun
adj, noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 One who has been branded as punishment.
"from his Infancy branded for a stigmatick"
- 2 a person whose body is marked by religious stigmata (such as marks resembling the wounds of the crucified Christ) wordnet
- 3 One who has been marked or deformed by nature.
"But like a foul misshapen stigmatic,"
- 4 One who displays stigmata, the five wounds of Christ.
Adjective
- 1 Having or relating to a stigma or stigmata. not-comparable
- 2 Marked with a stigma, or with something reproachful to character; stigmatized. not-comparable
- 3 Impressing with infamy or reproach. not-comparable
Adjective
- 1 not astigmatic wordnet
- 2 pertaining to a lens or lens system free of astigmatism (able to form point images) wordnet
- 3 pertaining to or resembling or having stigmata wordnet
Example
More examples"from his Infancy branded for a stigmatick"
Etymology
From stigma + -ic.
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