stigma /stigˈmə/

1. A disgrace or reproach attached to a person
2. A mark of infamy
3. Any special mark
4. A spot
5. A scar
6. A mark on the skin indicative of a particular disease
7. A spot sensitive to light
8. The part of a carpel that receives pollen (botany)
9. A spiracle
10. A pore
11. (in pl) the marks of Christ's wounds or marks resembling them, claimed to have been impressed on the bodies of certain holy people, notably Francis of Assisi in 1224

Stigmāˈria noun

The pitted underground part of a fossil tree, esp of the genus Sigillaria

stigmāˈrian adjective (also noun)

stigmatic /-matˈik/ adjective

1. Of, relating to, of the nature of, a stigma
2. Marked or branded with a stigma
3. Giving infamy or reproach
4. Anastigmatic, or not astigmatic

1. A person who bears the stigmata
2. Someone who is branded
3. /stigˈ/ a deformed person (Shakespeare)

stigmatˈical adjective

stigmatˈically adverb

stigmatifˈerous adjective (botany)

Stigma-bearing

• ringmen
• ring money
• ring-necked
• ring network
• ring networks
• ring off
• ring out
• ring ouzel
• ring-porous
• ring pull
• ring pulls
• ring road
• ring roads
• ring roller
• ring rollers
• ring rot
• ring rots
• ring-rusty
• rings
• ring-shake
• ring-shakes
• ringside
• ringsider
• ringsiders
• ringsides