Aspersion (noun)
as-pur-shun
(usually aspersions)
An attack on the reputation or integrity of someone or something.
Late Middle English (denoting the sprinkling of water, especially at baptism): from Latin aspersio(n-), from aspergere (see asperse).
Example sentences
“No one is casting aspersions upon you.”
Lurdan (noun) lur-dn A lazy, stupid, loutish fellow. 1250–1300; Middle English, Middle French lourdin dullard, equivalent to lourd heavy, dull (more…)
