<oembed><type>rich</type><version>1.0</version><title>Séimí Mac Síomón wrote</title><author_name>Séimí Mac Síomón (npub1rj…accc9)</author_name><author_url>https://yabu.me/npub1rjwumr7j6tac08t0qttvc44walt549nc4eyyxjc0phn6yxzj7uzq0accc9</author_url><provider_name>njump</provider_name><provider_url>https://yabu.me</provider_url><html># *Aspersion*&#xA;&#xA;---&#xA;&#xA;### **PRONUNCIATION:**&#xA;(uh-SPUHR-zhuhn/shuhn)&#xA;&#xA;### **MEANING:**&#xA;noun:&#xA;1. A damaging accusation: slander.&#xA;2. The sprinkling with water, as in baptism.&#xA;&#xA;### **ETYMOLOGY:**&#xA;From Latin aspergere (to sprinkle), from ad- (toward) + spargere (to strew). Earliest documented use: 1570.&#xA;&#xA;</html></oembed>