First Known Use: 1849
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astigmatic
adjective as·tig·mat·ic \ˌas-tig-ˈma-tik\
Definition of ASTIGMATIC
1
: affected with, relating to, or correcting astigmatism
2
: showing incapacity for observation or discrimination <an astigmatic fanaticism, a disregard for the facts — New York Herald Tribune>
— astigmatic noun
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Origin of ASTIGMATIC
a- + Greek stigmat-, stigma stigma
Rhymes with ASTIGMATIC
achromatic, acrobatic, aerobatic, anabatic, antistatic, aromatic, Asiatic, autocratic, automatic, bureaucratic, charismatic, cinematic, democratic, diplomatic, Eleatic, emblematic, enzymatic, Hanseatic, hieratic, Hippocratic, hydrostatic, kerygmatic, kleptocratic, melismatic, mobocratic, monocratic, morganatic, numismatic, operatic, phallocratic, photostatic, plutocratic, pre-Socratic, problematic, programmatic, symptomatic, systematic, technocratic, theocratic, thermostatic, undogmatic, undramatic
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