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style="display:none" /><div class="toctitle" lang="en" dir="ltr"><h2 id="mw-toc-heading">Contents</h2><span class="toctogglespan"><label class="toctogglelabel" for="toctogglecheckbox"></label></span></div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="#English"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">English</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-2"><a href="#Etymology"><span class="tocnumber">1.1</span> <span class="toctext">Etymology</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-3"><a href="#Pronunciation"><span class="tocnumber">1.2</span> <span class="toctext">Pronunciation</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-4"><a href="#Noun"><span class="tocnumber">1.3</span> <span class="toctext">Noun</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-5"><a href="#Derived_terms"><span class="tocnumber">1.3.1</span> <span class="toctext">Derived terms</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-6"><a href="#Translations"><span class="tocnumber">1.3.2</span> <span class="toctext">Translations</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-7"><a href="#Further_reading"><span class="tocnumber">1.4</span> <span class="toctext">Further reading</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-8"><a href="#Anagrams"><span class="tocnumber">1.5</span> <span class="toctext">Anagrams</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-9"><a href="#French"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">French</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-10"><a href="#Pronunciation_2"><span class="tocnumber">2.1</span> <span class="toctext">Pronunciation</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-11"><a href="#Noun_2"><span class="tocnumber">2.2</span> <span class="toctext">Noun</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-12"><a href="#Further_reading_2"><span class="tocnumber">2.3</span> <span class="toctext">Further reading</span></a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="English">English</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=aspersion&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: English"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology">Etymology</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=aspersion&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin" class="extiw" title="w:Latin">Latin</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="la"><a href="/wiki/aspersionem#Latin" title="aspersionem">aspersiōnem</a></i>, from <i class="Latn mention" lang="la"><a href="/wiki/aspersio#Latin" title="aspersio">aspersiō</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">sprinkling</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pronunciation">Pronunciation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=aspersion&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Pronunciation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r50165410">.mw-parser-output .k-player .k-attribution{visibility:hidden}</style><table class="audiotable" style="vertical-align: middle; display: inline-block; list-style: none; line-height: 1em; border-collapse: collapse; margin: 0;"><tbody><tr><td>Audio <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="usage-label-accent"><span class="ib-content"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_English" class="extiw" title="w:American English">US</a></span></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span><span class="ib-colon qualifier-colon">:</span></td><td class="audiofile"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><audio id="mwe_player_0" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="175" style="width:175px;" data-durationhint="2" data-mwtitle="LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vininn126-aspersion.wav" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/32/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vininn126-aspersion.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vininn126-aspersion.wav.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis"" data-transcodekey="ogg" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/32/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vininn126-aspersion.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vininn126-aspersion.wav.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source 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title="reputation">reputation</a> or good name, often in the phrase <i><a href="/wiki/cast_aspersions" title="cast aspersions">to cast aspersions upon…</a></i>. <span class="defdate">[from late 16th c.]</span> <dl><dd><span class="nyms synonym"><span class="defdate">Synonyms:</span> <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/calumny#English" title="calumny">calumny</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/slander#English" title="slander">slander</a></span>; <i>see also</i> <a href="/wiki/Thesaurus:slander#English" title="Thesaurus:slander">Thesaurus:<span class="Latn" lang="en">slander</span></a></span></dd></dl> <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1799</b></span>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennsylvania_House_of_Representatives" class="extiw" title="w:Pennsylvania House of Representatives">Pennsylvania House of Representatives</a>, “<a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/State_Documents_on_Federal_Relations/10" class="extiw" title="s:State Documents on Federal Relations/10">Resolutions of the House of Representatives of Pennsylvania to Kentucky</a>”, in <cite><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/State_Documents_on_Federal_Relations" class="extiw" title="s:State Documents on Federal Relations">State Documents on Federal Relations</a></cite>, University of Pennsylvania, published <span class="None" lang="und">1906</span>, page <span class="None" lang="und"><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Page:State_Documents_on_Federal_Relations.djvu/35" class="extiw" title="s:Page:State Documents on Federal Relations.djvu/35">21</a></span>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">No criminality can be infered or punishment inflicted, but for writing, printing, uttering, or publishing false, scandalous and malicious <b>aspersions</b> against the government.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1911</b></span>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Conrad" class="extiw" title="w:Joseph Conrad">Joseph Conrad</a>, <cite>Under Western Eyes</cite>‎<sup><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.gutenberg.org/files/2480/2480-h/2480-h.htm">[1]</a></sup>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">Even the comfort of the bottle might conceivably fail him in this supreme crisis. At such an age nothing but a halter could cure the pangs of an unquenchable passion. And, besides, there was the wild exasperation aroused by the unjust <b>aspersions</b> and the contumely of the house, with the maddening impossibility to account for that mysterious thrashing, added to these simple and bitter sorrows.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><b>2023</b> June 30, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marina_Hyde" class="extiw" title="w:Marina Hyde">Marina Hyde</a>, “The tide is coming in fast on Rishi Sunak – and it’s full of sewage”, in <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Guardian" class="extiw" title="w:The Guardian">The Guardian</a></cite>‎<sup><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jun/30/rishi-sunak-sewage-prime-minister-thames-water">[2]</a></sup>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">Back in 2018, the body representing the water industry was snorting at Gove’s <b>aspersions</b>, declaring hotly that it looked forward to its pet regulator “bringing some sorely needed facts and balance to the debate”.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#obsolete" title="Appendix:Glossary">obsolete</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> A <a href="/wiki/sprinkling" title="sprinkling">sprinkling</a>, especially of <a href="/wiki/holy_water" title="holy water">holy water</a>. <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1610–1611</b> (date written)</span>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shakespeare" class="extiw" title="w:William Shakespeare">William Shakespeare</a>, “<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tempest" class="extiw" title="w:The Tempest">The Tempest</a>”, in <cite>Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies<span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="Published According to the True Originall Copies.">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"></span></cite> (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Folio" class="extiw" title="w:First Folio">First Folio</a>), London: <span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="Printed by">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"> </span> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Jaggard" class="extiw" title="w:William Jaggard">Isaac Iaggard</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Blount" class="extiw" title="w:Edward Blount">Ed<span style="font-style: normal;">[</span>ward<span style="font-style: normal;">]</span> Blount</a>, published <span class="None" lang="und">1623</span>, <small><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/606515358">→OCLC</a></small>, <span style="font-style: normal;">[</span>Act IV, scene i<span style="font-style: normal;">]</span>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">If thou dost break her virgin knot before<br />All sanctimonious ceremonies may<br />With full and holy rite be minister'd,<br />No sweet <b>aspersion</b> shall the heavens let fall<br />To make this contract grow; but barren hate <span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b">[</span>…<span class="q-hellip-b">]</span><span class="q-hellip-b"></span></span></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Derived_terms">Derived terms</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=aspersion&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Derived terms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="list-switcher" data-toggle-category="derived terms"><div class="columns-bg term-list ul-column-count" data-column-count="1"><ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/cast_aspersions#English" title="cast aspersions">cast aspersions</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/microaspersion#English" title="microaspersion">microaspersion</a></span></li></ul></div><div class="list-switcher-element" data-showtext=" show more ▼ " data-hidetext=" show less ▲ " style="display:none"> </div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Translations">Translations</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=aspersion&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Translations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="NavFrame" id="Translations-an_attack_on_somebody&#039;s_reputation_or_good_name"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">an attack on somebody's reputation or good name</div><div class="NavContent"><table class="translations" role="presentation" data-gloss="an attack on somebody's reputation or good name"><tbody><tr><td class="translations-cell multicolumn-list" colspan="3"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r81584270">.mw-parser-output .translations{width:100%}.mw-parser-output .translations-cell{background-color:var(--wikt-palette-lightyellow,#FFFFe0);vertical-align:top;text-align:left}</style> <ul><li>Dutch: <span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/beschimping#Dutch" title="beschimping">beschimping</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://nl.wiktionary.org/wiki/beschimping" class="extiw" title="nl:beschimping">(nl)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/belediging#Dutch" title="belediging">belediging</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://nl.wiktionary.org/wiki/belediging" class="extiw" title="nl:belediging">(nl)</a></span>,</li> <li>Finnish: <span class="Latn" lang="fi"><a href="/wiki/panettelu#Finnish" title="panettelu">panettelu</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fi.wiktionary.org/wiki/panettelu" class="extiw" title="fi:panettelu">(fi)</a></span></li> <li>German: <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/Verleumdung#German" title="Verleumdung">Verleumdung</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/Verleumdung" class="extiw" title="de:Verleumdung">(de)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/w/index.php?title=abf%C3%A4llige_Bemerkung&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="abfällige Bemerkung (page does not exist)">abfällige Bemerkung</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Italian: <span class="Latn" lang="it"><a href="/wiki/diffamazione#Italian" title="diffamazione">diffamazione</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://it.wiktionary.org/wiki/diffamazione" class="extiw" title="it:diffamazione">(it)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="it"><a href="/wiki/calunnia#Italian" title="calunnia">calunnia</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://it.wiktionary.org/wiki/calunnia" class="extiw" title="it:calunnia">(it)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="it"><a href="/wiki/disdoro#Italian" title="disdoro">disdoro</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://it.wiktionary.org/wiki/disdoro" class="extiw" title="it:disdoro">(it)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Maori: <span class="Latn" lang="mi"><a href="/w/index.php?title=t%C4%ABkai&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="tīkai (page does not exist)">tīkai</a></span></li> <li>Norwegian: <dl><dd>Norwegian Bokmål: <span class="Latn" lang="no"><a href="/w/index.php?title=baktalelse&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="baktalelse (page does not exist)">baktalelse</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="no"><a href="/w/index.php?title=bakvaskelse&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="bakvaskelse (page does not exist)">bakvaskelse</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://no.wiktionary.org/wiki/bakvaskelse" class="extiw" title="no:bakvaskelse">(no)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></dd></dl></li> <li>Persian: <span class="Arab fa-Arab" lang="fa"><a href="/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%A7#Persian" title="افترا">افترا</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fa.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%A7" class="extiw" title="fa:افترا">(fa)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="fa-Latn" class="tr Latn">efterâ</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Russian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="ru"><a href="/wiki/%D0%BA%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B0#Russian" title="клевета">клевета́</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%BA%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B0" class="extiw" title="ru:клевета">(ru)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ru-Latn" class="tr Latn">klevetá</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Serbo-Croatian: <dl><dd>Roman: <span class="Latn" lang="sh"><a href="/w/index.php?title=bla%C4%87enje&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="blaćenje (page does not exist)">blaćenje</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="sh"><a href="/w/index.php?title=kaljanje&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="kaljanje (page does not exist)">kaljanje</a></span></dd></dl></li> <li>Spanish: <span class="Latn" lang="es"><a href="/wiki/calumnia#Spanish" title="calumnia">calumnia</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/calumnia" class="extiw" title="es:calumnia">(es)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="es"><a href="/wiki/desdoro#Spanish" title="desdoro">desdoro</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/desdoro" class="extiw" title="es:desdoro">(es)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="NavFrame" id="Translations-a_sprinkling_of_holy_water"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">a sprinkling of holy water</div><div class="NavContent"><table class="translations" role="presentation" data-gloss="a sprinkling of holy water"><tbody><tr><td class="translations-cell multicolumn-list" colspan="3"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r81584270"> <ul><li>Dutch: <span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/w/index.php?title=besprenkeling&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="besprenkeling (page does not exist)">besprenkeling</a></span>,</li> <li>German: <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aspersion&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Aspersion (page does not exist)">Aspersion</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Besprengung&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Besprengung (page does not exist)">Besprengung</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Italian: <span class="Latn" lang="it"><a href="/wiki/aspersione#Italian" title="aspersione">aspersione</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Norwegian: <dl><dd>Norwegian Bokmål: <span class="Latn" lang="no"><a href="/w/index.php?title=bestenkning&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="bestenkning (page does not exist)">bestenkning</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="common gender">c</abbr></span> (med <a href="/wiki/vievann" title="vievann">vievann</a>)</dd></dl></li> <li>Polish: <span class="Latn" lang="pl"><a href="/wiki/aspersja#Polish" title="aspersja">aspersja</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Portuguese: <span class="Latn" lang="pt"><a href="/wiki/aspers%C3%A3o#Portuguese" title="aspersão">aspersão</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://pt.wiktionary.org/wiki/aspers%C3%A3o" class="extiw" title="pt:aspersão">(pt)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Russian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="ru"><a href="/wiki/%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BF%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B5#Russian" title="окропление">окропле́ние</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BF%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B5" class="extiw" title="ru:окропление">(ru)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ru-Latn" class="tr Latn">okroplénije</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Serbo-Croatian: <dl><dd>Roman: <span class="Latn" lang="sh"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%C5%A1kropljenje&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="škropljenje (page does not exist)">škropljenje</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://sh.wiktionary.org/wiki/%C5%A1kropljenje" class="extiw" title="sh:škropljenje">(sh)</a></span></dd></dl></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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