stigme
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]An adaptation of the short stem (stigm-, στιγμ- (stigm-)) of the Latin stigma and the Ancient Greek στίγμα (stígma). Compare stigmal and stigmate; hypodigm and paradigm; hexastigm, polystigm, tetrastigm, and tristigm.
Noun
[edit]stigme (plural stigmes)
- (obsolete, rare) Anglicised form of stigma
- c. 1400, Apology for Lollard Doctrines, page 92:
- Ȝe schal not prik ȝor flesch, ne mak to ȝow ani figeris, ne stigmes, þat are woundis.
- Ye shall not prick your flesh, nor make to you any figures, nor stigmes, that are wounds.
- Ȝe schal not prik ȝor flesch, ne mak to ȝow ani figeris, ne stigmes, þat are woundis.
- a. 1619, Martin Fotherby, Atheomastix (1622), book I, chapter iv, § 1, page 20:
- None..haue..branded any nation with the marke and stigme of Atheisme.
- c. 1400, Apology for Lollard Doctrines, page 92:
- A dot used as a punctuation mark in historical Greek texts, especially at the top of the line, equivalent to a period or full stop.