Stigmatic

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Stigmatic \Stig*mat"ic\, n.
     1. A notorious profligate or criminal who has been branded;
        one who bears the marks of infamy or punishment. [R.]
        --Bullokar.
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     2. A person who is marked or deformed by nature. --Shak.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Stigmatic \Stig*mat"ic\, Stigmatical \Stig*mat"ic*al\, a. [See
     {Stigma}.]
     1. Marked with a stigma, or with something reproachful to
        character.
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     2. Impressing with infamy or reproach. [R.]
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     3. (Bot., Anat., etc) Of or pertaining to a stigma or
        stigmata.
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     {Stigmatic geometry}, or {Stigmatics}, that science in which
        the correspondence of index and stigma (see {Stigma}, 7)
        is made use of to establish geometrical proportions.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  stigmatic
       adj 1: pertaining to or resembling of having stigmata
       2: pertaining to a lens or lens system free of astigmatism
          (able to form point images) [syn: {anastigmatic}]
       3: not astigmatic [syn: {anastigmatic}] [ant: {astigmatic}]
       n : a person whose body is marked by religious stigmata (such as
           marks resembling the wounds of the crucified Christ)
           [syn: {stigmatist}]