'Stigmatic' definitions:
Definition of 'stigmatic'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Pertaining to or resembling or having stigmata
adjective
Pertaining to a lens or lens system free of astigmatism (able to form point images) [syn: anastigmatic, stigmatic]
adjective
Not astigmatic [syn: anastigmatic, stigmatic] [ant: astigmatic]
noun
A person whose body is marked by religious stigmata (such as marks resembling the wounds of the crucified Christ) [syn: stigmatic, stigmatist]
Definition of 'Stigmatic'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A person who is marked or deformed by nature. --Shak. [1913 Webster] [1913 Webster] Stigmatic
Definition of 'Stigmatic'
From: GCIDE
- Stigmatic \Stig*mat"ic\, Stigmatical \Stig*mat"ic*al\, a. [See Stigma.]
- 1. Marked with a stigma, or with something reproachful to character. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Impressing with infamy or reproach. [R.] [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Bot., Anat., etc) Of or pertaining to a stigma or stigmata. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]