OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 52617

mark of Cain

Meanings (ES + gloss)
marca de Caín
A stigma of shame.
A genetic defect might metaphorically be referred to as a "Mark of Cain"
When the engineer's design failed, he received a mark of Cain causing others to choose not to work with him.
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