anastigmatic, stigmatic
(adjective) not astigmatic
anastigmatic, stigmatic
(adjective) pertaining to a lens or lens system free of astigmatism (able to form point images)
stigmatic
(adjective) pertaining to or resembling or having stigmata
stigmatic, stigmatist
(noun) a person whose body is marked by religious stigmata (such as marks resembling the wounds of the crucified Christ)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
stigmatic (comparative more stigmatic, superlative most stigmatic)
(botany, anatomy) Having a stigma or stigmata.
Marked with a stigma, or with something reproachful to character.
Impressing with infamy or reproach.
stigmatic (plural stigmatics)
One who has been branded as punishment.
One who has been marked or deformed by nature.
One who displays stigmata, the five wounds of Christ.
Source: Wiktionary
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.
2. A person who is marked or deformed by nature. Shak.
Stig*mat"ic, Stig*mat"ic*al, a. Etym: [See Stigma.]
1. Marked with a stigma, or with something reproachful to character.
2. Impressing with infamy or reproach. [R.]
3. (Bot., Anat., etc)
Definition: Of or pertaining to a stigma or stigmata. 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
31 January 2025
(noun) the act of dispersing or diffusing something; “the dispersion of the troops”; “the diffusion of knowledge”
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
