stigmatic

English

Etymology

Adjective

stigmatic (comparative more stigmatic, superlative most stigmatic)

  1. (botany, anatomy) Having a stigma or stigmata.
  2. Marked with a stigma, or with something reproachful to character.
  3. Impressing with infamy or reproach.

Noun

stigmatic (plural stigmatics)

  1. One who has been branded as punishment.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Bullokar to this entry?)
  2. One who has been marked or deformed by nature.
  3. One who displays stigmata, the five wounds of Christ.

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