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στίγμα — meaning in English

stigma

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English meaning

  • speckle noun A small spot or speck on the skin, plumage or foliage.
  • stigma noun A mark of shame or disgrace attached to a person, group, or condition.

Senses

στίγμα is used for these senses in English:

  • speckle A small spot or speck on the skin, plumage or foliage.

speckle — full definition

  1. noun A small spot or speck on the skin, plumage or foliage.
  2. noun The random distribution of light when it is scattered by a rough surface.
  3. noun A cluster of interchromatin granules in a nucleus.

stigma — full definition

  1. noun A mark of shame or disgrace attached to a person, group, or condition.
  2. noun In botany, the sticky tip of a flower's pistil that receives pollen.

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