Word of the Day
Monday, March 18, 2002
aspersion
\uh-SPUR-zhuhn; -shuhn\ , noun;
1.
A damaging or derogatory remark; slander.
2.
The act of defaming or slandering.
3.
A sprinkling with water, especially in religious ceremonies.
Quotes:
Orley had once been forced to resign from a local men's club for casting aspersions on the character of another member's wife.
-- Thomas A. Underwood, Allen Tate: Orphan of the South
Its meetings were fiercely argumentative; members seemed to love nothing better than to cast aspersions on each other's intellect and class loyalty.
-- Glenn Frankel, Rivonia's Children
Origin:
Aspersion is from Latin aspersio, from aspergere, from ad- + spargere, "to scatter, to sprinkle, to strew."
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