stigma as a noun: - 1
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stigma
noun
1 stigma
The apical end of the style where deposited pollen enters the pistil.
Dutch: stempel
Polish: znamię
2 stigma
A symbol of disgrace or infamy.
synonyms: brand, mark, stain.
Roget 874:
disrepute,
discredit;
ill repute,
bad repute,
bad name,
bad odor,
bad favor,
ill name,
ill odor,
ill favor;
disapprobation
etc.
932;
ingloriousness,
derogation;
abasement,
debasement;
abjectness
etc.
adj.;
degradation,
dedecoration†;
a long farewell to all my greatness
[Henry VIII];
odium,
obloquy,
opprobrium,
ignominy.
dishonor,
disgrace;
shame,
humiliation;
scandal,
baseness,
vileness†;
turpitude
etc.
(improbity)
940†;
infamy.
tarnish,
taint,
defilement,
pollution.
stain,
blot,
spot,
blur,
stigma,
brand,
reproach,
imputation,
slur.
crying shame,
burning shame;
scandalum magnatum [Lat.],
badge of infamy,
blot in one's escutcheon;
bend sinister,
bar sinister;
champain†,
point champain†;
byword of reproach;
Ichabod.
argumentum ad verecundiam [Lat.];
sense of shame
etc.
879.
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3 stigma
An external tracheal aperture in a terrestrial arthropod.
4 stigma
A skin lesion that is a diagnostic sign of some disease.
Dutch: stigma
Polish: stygmat
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