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spargere
Latin · ancient
"to scatter, to sprinkle"
to scatter, to sprinkle, combined with ad- (toward)
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aspergere
Latin · ancient
"to sprinkle on"
to sprinkle on, from ad- and spargere
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aspersio
Latin · ancient
"a sprinkling, a damaging remark"
a sprinkling, later a damaging remark spread about someone, from aspergere
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aspersion
English · 1500s
"a critical or damaging remark about someone"
settled as the English word for a critical or damaging remark about someone
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