aspersion : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: aspersion	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for aspersion
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
aspersion n a disparaging remark; "in the 19th century any reference to female sexuality was considered a vile aspersion"; "it is difficult for a woman to understand a man's sensitivity to any slur on his virility" Synonym(s): aspersion, slur an abusive attack on a person's character or good name Synonym(s): aspersion, calumny, slander, defamation, denigration the act of sprinkling water in baptism (rare) Synonym(s): aspersion, sprinkling
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Aspersion \As*per"sion\, n. [L. aspersio, fr. aspergere: cf. F. aspersion.] 1. A sprinkling, as with water or dust, in a literal sense. Behold an immersion, not and aspersion. --Jer. Taylor. 2. The spreading of calumniations reports or charges which tarnish reputation, like the bespattering of a body with foul water; calumny. Every candid critic would be ashamed to cast wholesale aspersions on the entire body of professional teachers. --Grote. Who would by base aspersions blot thy virtue. --Dryden.