n. [ L. aspersio, fr. aspergere: cf. F. aspersion. ]
Behold an immersion, not and aspersion. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]
Every candid critic would be ashamed to cast wholesale aspersions on the entire body of professional teachers. Grote. [ 1913 Webster ]
Who would by base aspersions blot thy virtue. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]