asperge
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editEtymology 1
editFrom Latin aspergō (compare aspersion from the same verb).
Verb
editasperge (third-person singular simple present asperges, present participle asperging, simple past and past participle asperged)
- (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.
Etymology 2
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Nomen
editasperge (plural asperges)
- An aspergillum.
Anagrams
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editAlternative forms
edit- aspergie (obsolete)
Etymology
editBorrowed from Middle French asperge, from Medieval Latin asparagus, sparagus, from Ancient Greek ἀσπάραγος (aspáragos).
Pronunciation
editNomen
editasperge f (plural asperges, diminutive aspergetje n)
- asparagus, Asparagus officinalis (plant, vegetable)
Derived terms
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editFurther reading
edit- asperge on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia nl
French
editEtymology
editInherited from Latin asparagus, itself borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀσπάραγος (aspáragos).
Pronunciation
editNomen
editasperge f (plural asperges)
- asparagus (any of various perennial plants of the genus Asparagus having leaflike stems, scalelike leaves, and small flowers)
- asparagus (the young shoots of Asparagus officinalis eaten as a vegetable)
- (informal) beanpole (tall, thin person)
- 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.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- Synonym: échalas
- 1926, Marcel Aymé, Brûlebois, Éditions Gallimard, chap. II, 1975 ed., p. 25
Further reading
edit- “asperge”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
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