stigmatic

English

Etymology

stigma + -ic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /stɪɡˈmætɪk/

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; stigmatized.
  3. Impressing with infamy or reproach.

Noun

stigmatic (plural stigmatics)

  1. One who has been branded as punishment.
    • 1685, Samuel Daniel, The Collection of the History of England:
      from his Infancy branded for a stigmatick
  2. One who has been marked or deformed by nature.
  3. One who displays stigmata, the five wounds of Christ.

Translations

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French stigmatique. By surface analysis, stigmat + -ic.

Adjective

stigmatic m or n (feminine singular stigmatică, masculine plural stigmatici, feminine and neuter plural stigmatice)

  1. stigmatic

Declension

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