asperge
English
Verb
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- (transitive) To sprinkle.
- 1877, John David Chambers, Divine worship in England in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries contrasted and adapted to that of the nineteenth:
- First let him go up to the principal Altar and asperge it on every side.
Noun
asperge (plural asperges)
- An aspergillum.
Anagrams
Dutch
Alternative forms
- aspergie (obsolete)
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French asperge, from Medieval Latin asparagus, sparagus, from Ancient Greek ἀσπάραγος (aspáragos).
Pronunciation
Noun
asperge f (plural asperges, diminutive aspergetje n)
- asparagus (plant, vegetable)
Derived terms
Descendants
- Afrikaans: aspersie
French
Etymology
From Latin asparagus, from Ancient Greek ἀσπάραγος (aspáragos).
Pronunciation
Noun
asperge f (plural asperges)
- asparagus (plant, vegetable)
- (informal) A tall, thin person; a beanpole.
- 1926, Marcel Aymé, Brûlebois, Éditions Gallimard, chap. II, 1975 ed., p. 25
- — Tiens, disait-il à Charles, entre le rôti et la salade, ne me parle pas de tes asperges d'aujourd'hui, ça n'a ni cul, ni corsage. Quand j'étais jeune homme, ah! oui, il y avait du plaisir. Tu pouvais mettre les mains, tu tenais quelque chose.
- Synonym: échalas
- 1926, Marcel Aymé, Brûlebois, Éditions Gallimard, chap. II, 1975 ed., p. 25
Further reading
- “asperge”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
Italian
Verb
asperge
Anagrams
Latin
Verb
(deprecated template usage) asperge
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