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stigma

noun
/ˈstɪɡmə/

Etymology

From Latin stigma, from Ancient Greek στίγμα (stígma, “mark of slavery or disgrace”), from στίζω (stízō, “to mark”). Closely related to stigme, and distantly related to stick.

  1. derived from στίγμα
  2. derived from stigma

Definitions

  1. An indication of infamy or disgrace.

    • But to have as an enforced dining companion a man who was probably a Papist, certainly a rake, and bore the stigma of cowardice, was anathema.

  2. A scar or birthmark.

  3. The sticky part of a flower that receives pollen during pollination.

    • Now you see just how the stamen gets its lusty dust onto the stigma / And why this frenzied chlorophyllous orgy starts in spring is no enigma!
  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. A visible sign or characteristic of a disease.

    2. Synonym of pterostigma.

    3. A ligature of the Greek letters sigma and tau

      A ligature of the Greek letters sigma and tau: Ϛ / ϛ.

The neighborhood

Derived

antistigma, orbicular stigma, pseudostigma, social stigma, stigmal, stigmaless, stigmatic, stigmatize, stigmatose

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at stigma. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at stigma. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at stigma

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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