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Definition of Stigmatic
1. Noun. A person whose body is marked by religious stigmata (such as marks resembling the wounds of the crucified Christ).
Generic synonyms: Individual, Mortal, Person, Somebody, Someone, Soul
Derivative terms: Stigmatism
2. Adjective. Pertaining to or resembling or having stigmata.
3. Adjective. Pertaining to a lens or lens system free of astigmatism (able to form point images).
4. Adjective. Not astigmatic.
Definition of Stigmatic
1. n. A notorious profligate or criminal who has been branded; one who bears the marks of infamy or punishment.
2. a. Marked with a stigma, or with something reproachful to character.
Definition of Stigmatic
1. Adjective. (botany anatomy) Having a stigma or stigmata. ¹
2. Adjective. Marked with a stigma, or with something reproachful to character. ¹
3. Adjective. Impressing with infamy or reproach. ¹
4. Noun. One who has been branded as punishment. ¹
5. Noun. One who has been marked or deformed by nature. ¹
6. Noun. One who displays stigmata, the five wounds of Christ. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Stigmatic
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stigmatic
Literary usage of Stigmatic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Flora of Pennsylvania by Thomas Conrad Porter (1903)
"Petals fleshy : stigmatic Hues mostly 9-12 : flowers mostly over 3 cm. thick.
... Petals thin : stigmatic lines mostly 7-9 : flowers mostly less than 3 cm. ..."
2. The Principles and Methods of Geometrical Optics: Especially as Applied to by James Powell Cocke Southall (1910)
"The formula is applicable only in case the image is stigmatic, and although
PET/VAL does not expressly even allude to this pre-requisite condition, ..."
3. The Principles and Methods of Geometrical Optics: Especially as Applied to by James Powell Cocke Southall (1910)
"Curvature of the stigmatic Image. If the astigmatism is abolished, we obtain for
the curvature of the image: whence it is seen that the curvature of the ..."
4. Physiological Botany by George Lincoln Goodale (1885)
"The stigmatic secretion. The surface from which this exudes may exist as an ...
The extent of the stigmatic surface bears a fixed relation to the number of ..."
5. The Student's Flora of the British Islands by Joseph Dalton Hooker (1884)
"diverging, stigmatic on the sides in front. ... Ovary free, 1-2-celled ; styles
2, subulate, stigmatic on the inner face ; ovule 1 in each cell, pendulous, ..."
6. Luther Burbank: His Methods and Discoveries and Their Practical Application by Luther Burbank, John Whitson, Robert John, Henry Smith Williams, Luther Burbank Society (1914)
"... stigmatic Chestnut Blossoms greatest facility, nothing more being required
than to ... and dust it lightly against such a stigmatic branch as this. ..."
7. The Student's Flora of the British Islands by Joseph Dalton Hooker (1878)
"Fruit globose ; stigmatic rays-20. ... Capsule short, opening by very small valves
under the lobes of the persistent stigmatic crown. Seeds small, pitted. ..."
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