Stick Sticker Stigma Stimulant Stimulate

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~ STICK      ADHERE also A BAR
             PEG  NAIL  MAST    see> ETIQUETTE
     also LONG TWIG or STALK or LONG TWIG  sug> LABEL
     also STAB or THRUST        PRICK
     note STUCK as in RETAINED  OBLIGED
          as in PINNED  REMAIN  FIXED  BLOCKED
     formerly A STICK WAS HELD BY THOSE
              TAKING AN OATH
     ply> | FAITHFULNESS IS TO STICK TO AN OATH or
            HE WHO IS STUCK |
~ STICKER    as above  also
~ STIGMA     gr STIGMA STIGMATOS = A MARK or
             SPOT or DEFECT
     gr STIZEIN = PRICK   note link to PEG NAIL or STICK
     DENOTES A DISTINGUISHING MARK or
     CHARACTER SPECK           sug> SPECTACLE  SPECULUM
     hx> THE BRANDING OF SLAVES WITH HOT IRONS WHO WERE
         THUS STIGMATIZED AS PROPERTY
             note THE FACE WAS SPARED
~ STIMULANT  EXCITE FUNCTIONAL ACTIVITY  opp of DEPRESSANT
             in excess AN IRRITANT
~ STIMULATE  as in ENCOURAGE  INCITE  ANIMATE  IMPEL
             INSTIGATE  SPUR        note above STICK
  EFFECT OF A STIMULUS or WHAT CAN PRICK  PROVOKE
  biol> STIMULANT IS ANY AGENT THAT CHANGES ORGANIC ACTIVITY
        CAN BE CALLED A STIMULUS
  med> some DRUGS CAN INCREASE SOME ORGANIC ACTIVITY
       as does CAFFEINE  TEA  also note STRONG PSYCHOACTIVE
  STIMULANTS as COCAINE  LSD etc
  MOST STIMULANTS CAN HAVE AN opp effect or to DEPRESS
  note that origin and implications of STICK are complex
  gr          STIGMA  = MARK FROM A POINTED INSTRUMENT
  old Persian  TIGRA    POINTED also ARROW        sug> TARGET
  sp           TIGRE    TIGER               note RIVER TIGRIS
  lat         STILUS    POINTED INSTRUMENT
  skt          TIGMAS   POINTED
  med>        STIGMATA  POINTING TO A BRAND       sug> SEAL
  lat         STIMULUS  STIMULATE                 sug> INSTIGATE
              STIGARE   GOAD                      sug> URGE
            DISTINCTUS  DISTINCT                  sug> LEGIBLE
            INSTIGUERE  INSTIGATE                 sug> INSTINCT
  old Norse   STIKA     STICK  IMPALE             sug> STAB
              STEIK     SLICE                     sug> CUT
  eng         STEAK     PIECE  STRIP              sug> STAKE
              STICH     STICK PUNCTURE            sug> PRICKING
  old eng     STIKKEN   IMPALE                    sug> STAB
  eng         STICK     ROD  STAFF  WAND          sug> STAVE
  old fr     ESTIQUET   ETIQUETTE                 LABEL
  eng          TICKET   PASS                      sug> PASSPORT
  continues toward STIFF   STIPULATE  CONSTIPATE
                   STIFLE  STILE         STILETTO
  ply> | BAD  ETIQUETTE STICKS STIFLES AND STIGMATIZES LIKE A TIGER
         GOOD ETIQUETTE STIMULATES AND INSTIGATES DISTINCTIONS |