aspersionn.

/əˈspəːʃən/

Forms: Also 1600s aspertion.

Etymology: < Latin aspersiōn-em, noun of action < aspers- : see asperse v. and -ion suffix¹.

1. The action of besprinkling (a person or thing), or of sprinkling or scattering (liquid, dust, etc.).

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > worship > other practices > [noun] > aspersion

strinklinga1300

aspersion1570

1570 J. Foxe tr. Archbp. Courtney Epist. in Actes & Monuments (rev. ed.) I. 535/2 By the aspersion of the bloud of Iesus Christ.

1699 Bp. G. Burnet Expos. 39 Articles (1700) 193 Aspersion may answer the true end of Baptism.

1782 J. Priestley Hist. Corruptions Christianity II. viii. 109 They make many aspersions of holy water.

1846 W. Maskell Monumenta Ritualia Ecclesiae Anglicanae I. 209 St. Peter..baptized five thousand on one day; but this must have been by aspersion.

2. That which is sprinkled; a shower or spray.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > liquid > liquid flow > action or process of sprinkling > [noun] > that which is sprinkled

aspersiona1616

a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) iv. i. 18 No sweet aspersion shall the heauens let fall To make this contract grow.

1845 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 57 584 An aspersion of cold water was dashed..in the impassioned faces of the pair.

†3. The sprinkling in of an ingredient. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or state of being mixed or blended > [noun] > admixture or addition as ingredient > by sprinkling

aspersion1605

1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning i. sig. H2^v There is to bee found besides the Theologicall sence, much aspersion of Philosophie.

1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning ii. sig. Vv3 Diuinity Morality and Policy, with great aspersion of all other artes.

a1656 J. Hales Golden Remains (1659) i. 28 Without any aspersion of Severity.

†4. Bespatterment with what soils; soil, stain. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > soiled condition > [noun] > soiling

soilure1297

sowlingc1440

smirching1495

soiling1580

soilth1581

slurrying1600

smutching1611

aspersion1614

sullya1616

sullying1629

dabbling1677

soilage1926

1614 T. Adams in C. H. Spurgeon Treasury of David (1870) I. Ps. vi. 6. 70 Whatsoever aspersion the sin of the day has brought upon us.

5. The action of casting damaging imputations, false and injurious charges, or unjust insinuations; calumniation, defamation.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > slander or calumny > [noun]

teleeOE

folk-leasinga1000

tolec1000

wrayingc1000

missaw?c1225

slanderc1290

disclanderc1300

famationc1325

noisec1325

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missaying1340

misspeecha1375

slanderingc1380

biting1382

defaminga1400

filtha1400

missaya1400

obloquya1438

oblocution?a1439

juroryc1440

defamationa1450

defamea1450

forspeaking1483

depravinga1500

defamya1513

injury?1518

depravation1526

maledictiona1530

abusion?1530

blasphemation1533

infamation1533

insectationa1535

calumning1541

calumniation?1549

abuse1559

calumnying1563

calumny1564

belying?1565

illingc1575

scandalizing1575

misparlance?1577

blot1587

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injurying1604

deprave1610

vilifying1611

noisec1613

disfame1620

sycophancy1622

aspersion1633

disreport1640

medisance1648

bollocking1653

vilification1653

sugillation1654

blasphemya1656

traduction1656

calumniating1660

blaspheming1677

aspersing1702

blowing1710

infamizing1827

malignation1836

mud-slinging1858

mud-throwing1864

denigration1868

mud-flinging1876

dénigrement1883

malignment1885

injurious falsehood1907

mud-sling1919

bad-mouthing1939

bad mouth1947

trash-talking1974

1633 G. Herbert Temple: Sacred Poems 89 Who by aspersions throw a stone At th' head of others, hit their own.

1781 W. Cowper Friendship xvii Aspersion is the babbler's trade, To listen is to lend him aid.

1873 E. M. Goulburn Thoughts Pers. Relig. iv. xi. 347 Imperious aspersion of God.

6. A damaging report; a charge that tarnishes the reputation; a calumny, slander, false insinuation. Esp. in the phrase to cast aspersions upon.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > slander or calumny > [noun] > a slander or calumny

slander1297

calumniation1588

reflect1594

aspersion1596

scandal1604

calumny1616

libel1618

reflection1646

vilification1709

1596 E. Spenser View State Ireland Pref. 2 Which may seeme to lay..any particular aspersion upon some families.

a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Bristol 37 As false is the Aspersion of his being a great Usurer.

1692 King James II Let. 2 Apr. (BL Stowe 158 f. 61) Even that precatuion [having witnesses at the prince's birth] was not enough to hinder Us from the malicious Aspersions of such as were resolved to deprive Us of Our Royal Right.

1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones IV. xi. vii. 155 I defy all the World to cast a just Aspersion on my Character.

1859 ‘G. Eliot’ Adam Bede I. i. v. 113 Vindicating myself from the aspersions.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	aspersion
释义	aspersionn. /əˈspəːʃən/ Forms: Also 1600s aspertion. Etymology: < Latin aspersiōn-em, noun of action < aspers- : see asperse v. and -ion suffix¹. 1. The action of besprinkling (a person or thing), or of sprinkling or scattering (liquid, dust, etc.). ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > other practices > [noun] > aspersion strinklinga1300 aspersion1570 1570 J. Foxe tr. Archbp. Courtney Epist. in Actes & Monuments (rev. ed.) I. 535/2 By the aspersion of the bloud of Iesus Christ. 1699 Bp. G. Burnet Expos. 39 Articles (1700) 193 Aspersion may answer the true end of Baptism. 1782 J. Priestley Hist. Corruptions Christianity II. viii. 109 They make many aspersions of holy water. 1846 W. Maskell Monumenta Ritualia Ecclesiae Anglicanae I. 209 St. Peter..baptized five thousand on one day; but this must have been by aspersion. 2. That which is sprinkled; a shower or spray. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > liquid flow > action or process of sprinkling > [noun] > that which is sprinkled aspersiona1616 a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) iv. i. 18 No sweet aspersion shall the heauens let fall To make this contract grow. View more context for this quotation 1845 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 57 584 An aspersion of cold water was dashed..in the impassioned faces of the pair. †3. The sprinkling in of an ingredient. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or state of being mixed or blended > [noun] > admixture or addition as ingredient > by sprinkling aspersion1605 1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning i. sig. H2^v There is to bee found besides the Theologicall sence, much aspersion of Philosophie. 1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning ii. sig. Vv3 Diuinity Morality and Policy, with great aspersion of all other artes. View more context for this quotation a1656 J. Hales Golden Remains (1659) i. 28 Without any aspersion of Severity. †4. Bespatterment with what soils; soil, stain. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > soiled condition > [noun] > soiling soilure1297 sowlingc1440 smirching1495 soiling1580 soilth1581 slurrying1600 smutching1611 aspersion1614 sullya1616 sullying1629 dabbling1677 soilage1926 1614 T. Adams in C. H. Spurgeon Treasury of David (1870) I. Ps. vi. 6. 70 Whatsoever aspersion the sin of the day has brought upon us. 5. The action of casting damaging imputations, false and injurious charges, or unjust insinuations; calumniation, defamation. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > slander or calumny > [noun] teleeOE folk-leasinga1000 tolec1000 wrayingc1000 missaw?c1225 slanderc1290 disclanderc1300 famationc1325 noisec1325 skander1338 missaying1340 misspeecha1375 slanderingc1380 biting1382 defaminga1400 filtha1400 missaya1400 obloquya1438 oblocution?a1439 juroryc1440 defamationa1450 defamea1450 forspeaking1483 depravinga1500 defamya1513 injury?1518 depravation1526 maledictiona1530 abusion?1530 blasphemation1533 infamation1533 insectationa1535 calumning1541 calumniation?1549 abuse1559 calumnying1563 calumny1564 belying?1565 illingc1575 scandalizing1575 misparlance?1577 blot1587 libelling1587 scandal1596 traducement1597 injurying1604 deprave1610 vilifying1611 noisec1613 disfame1620 sycophancy1622 aspersion1633 disreport1640 medisance1648 bollocking1653 vilification1653 sugillation1654 blasphemya1656 traduction1656 calumniating1660 blaspheming1677 aspersing1702 blowing1710 infamizing1827 malignation1836 mud-slinging1858 mud-throwing1864 denigration1868 mud-flinging1876 dénigrement1883 malignment1885 injurious falsehood1907 mud-sling1919 bad-mouthing1939 bad mouth1947 trash-talking1974 1633 G. Herbert Temple: Sacred Poems 89 Who by aspersions throw a stone At th' head of others, hit their own. 1781 W. Cowper Friendship xvii Aspersion is the babbler's trade, To listen is to lend him aid. 1873 E. M. Goulburn Thoughts Pers. Relig. iv. xi. 347 Imperious aspersion of God. 6. A damaging report; a charge that tarnishes the reputation; a calumny, slander, false insinuation. Esp. in the phrase to cast aspersions upon. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > slander or calumny > [noun] > a slander or calumny slander1297 calumniation1588 reflect1594 aspersion1596 scandal1604 calumny1616 libel1618 reflection1646 vilification1709 1596 E. Spenser View State Ireland Pref. 2 Which may seeme to lay..any particular aspersion upon some families. a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Bristol 37 As false is the Aspersion of his being a great Usurer. 1692 King James II Let. 2 Apr. (BL Stowe 158 f. 61) Even that precatuion [having witnesses at the prince's birth] was not enough to hinder Us from the malicious Aspersions of such as were resolved to deprive Us of Our Royal Right. 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones IV. xi. vii. 155 I defy all the World to cast a just Aspersion on my Character. View more context for this quotation 1859 ‘G. Eliot’ Adam Bede I. i. v. 113 Vindicating myself from the aspersions. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1570
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