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.”
Favonian (adj) fav-oh-nee-un Of or relating to the west wind./ Mild or favorable; propitious. 1650–60; Latin Favōniānus. See Favonius, -an. foehn (more…)
