stigmatic

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/stɪɡˈmætɪk/

adjective

Having or relating to a stigma or stigmata.

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Meanings

adjectivestigmatic (not comparable)
  1. not comparableanatomyHaving or relating to a stigma or stigmata.
  2. not comparableMarked with a stigma, or with something reproachful to character; stigmatized.
  3. not comparableImpressing with infamy or reproach.
nounstigmatic (plural stigmatics)

plural stigmatics

  1. One who has been branded as punishment.

    from his Infancy branded for a stigmatick

    1685, Samuel Daniel, The Collection of the History of England
  2. One who has been marked or deformed by nature.

    But like a foul misshapen stigmatic,

    c. 1591–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Third Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii], line 136
  3. One who displays stigmata, the five wounds of Christ.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivepertaining to a lens or lens system free of astigmatism (able to form point images)

adjectivenot astigmatic

nouna person whose body is marked by religious stigmata (such as marks resembling the wounds of the crucified Christ)

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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

Translations

French stigmatisé
  • stigmatiséone who displays stigmata
Italian stigmatico, stigmatica
  • stigmaticoone who displays stigmata
  • stigmaticaone who displays stigmata
Japanese 聖痕をもつ人
  • 聖痕をもつ人 (seikon o motsu hito)one who displays stigmata
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