† stigmen.
Obsolete. rare.
= stigma n. 1, 2.
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society > communication > indication > marking > marking to identify > [noun] > a brand
stigmec1475
fire marka1525
brand1552
burn1563
firebrand1570
flesh-brand1646
brand-mark1656
stigmatism1664
burn-mark1675
fleur-de-lis1790
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > infamy or notoriety > [noun] > branding with infamy > a brand of infamy
note1531
brand1597
foil1599
stripe1607
stigmaa1620
stigmea1620
mark of Cain1795
c1475 (?c1400) Apol. Lollard Doctr. (1842) 92 Ȝe schal not prik ȝor flesch, ne mak to ȝow ani figeris, ne stigmes, þat are woundis.
a1620 M. Fotherby Atheomastix (1622) i. iv. §1. 20 None..haue..branded any nation with the marke and stigme of Atheisme.
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