stigmatic

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stigmatic - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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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  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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stigmatic - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

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