Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for STIG-MAT'IC
STIG-MAT'IC, or STIG-MAT'IC-ALSTIG-MAT'ICAL-LY
STIG-MAT'IC, n.
- A notorious profligate, or criminal who has been branded. [Little used.]
- One who bears about him the marks of infamy or punishment. [Little used.] – Bullokar.
- One on whom nature has set a mark of deformity. [Little used.] – Steevens.
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