stigmatic

stigmatic

English

Adjective

stigmatic (comparative more stigmatic, superlative most stigmatic)

1. (botany, anatomy) Having a stigma or stigmata.
2. Marked with a stigma, or with something reproachful to character.
3. Impressing with infamy or reproach.

Noun

stigmatic (plural stigmatics)

1. One who has been branded as punishment.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Bullokar to this entry?)

2. One who has been marked or deformed by nature.
   • 1595, William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part 3, II. ii. 136:

     But like a foul misshapen stigmatic,

3. One who displays stigmata, the five wounds of Christ.

Translations

one who displays stigmata

French: stigmatisé (fr) m Italian: stigmatista m or f

Japanese: 聖痕をもつ人 (せいこんをもつひと, seikon o motsu hito)