STIGMATIC

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

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Etymology

Adjective

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.

Noun

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

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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

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