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Webster 1913 Edition
Stigmatic
Stig-mat′ic
,Noun.
1.
A notorious profligate or criminal who has been branded; one who bears the marks of infamy or punishment.
[R.]
Bullokar.
2.
A person who is marked or deformed by nature.
Shak.
Definition 2024
stigmatic
stigmatic
English
Adjective
stigmatic (comparative more stigmatic, superlative most stigmatic)
- (botany, anatomy) Having a stigma or stigmata.
- Marked with a stigma, or with something reproachful to character.
- Impressing with infamy or reproach.
Noun
stigmatic (plural stigmatics)
- One who has been branded as punishment.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Bullokar to this entry?)
- One who has been marked or deformed by nature.
- 1595, William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part 3, II. ii. 136:
- But like a foul misshapen stigmatic,
- 1595, William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part 3, II. ii. 136:
- One who displays stigmata, the five wounds of Christ.
Translations
one who displays stigmata
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