Stigmatic

Definition of Stigmatic

Stig`mat´ic
n.1.A notorious profligate or criminal who has been branded; one who bears the marks of infamy or punishment.
2.A person who is marked or deformed by nature.
3.A person bearing the wounds on the hands and feet resembling those of Jesus Christ caused by His crucifixion; - for true stigmantics the wounds are supposed to have been caused miraculously, as a sign of great holiness.
a.1.Marked with a stigma, or with something reproachful to character.
2.Impressing with infamy or reproach.
3.(Bot., Anat., etc) Of or pertaining to a stigma or stigmata.
Stigmatic geometry
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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brand, mark, stain, stigma
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