stigme

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noun

A dot used as a punctuation mark in historical Greek texts, especially at the top of the line, equivalent to a period or full stop.

OriginAncient Greek στῐγμή →
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Meanings

nounstigme (plural stigmes)

plural stigmes

  1. AnglicisedobsoleterareAnglicised form of stigma

    None..haue..branded any nation with the marke and stigme of Atheisme.

    a. 1619, Martin Fotherby, Atheomastix (1622), book I, chapter iv, § 1, page 20
    1 more example

    Ȝe schal not prik ȝor flesch, ne mak to ȝow ani figeris, ne stigmes, þat are woundis. Ye shall not prick your flesh, nor make to you any figures, nor stigmes, that are wounds.

    c. 1400, Apology for Lollard Doctrines, page 92
  2. A dot used as a punctuation mark in historical Greek texts, especially at the top of the line, equivalent to a period or full stop.

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekστῐγμή
  2. Englishstigme

From Ancient Greek στῐγμή (stĭgmḗ). Compare stigmal and stigmate; hypodigm and paradigm; hexastigm, polystigm, tetrastigm, and tristigm.

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APA

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

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

Chicago

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