asperge

Verb

asperge (third-person singular simple present asperges, present participle asperging, simple past and past participle asperged)

1. (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.

Anagrams

• preages, presage, sperage

Etymology

From French asperge, from Medieval Latin asparagus, sparagus, from Ancient Greek ἀσπάραγος (aspáragos).

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /ɑs.ˈpɛr.ʒə/
• Hyphenation: as‧per‧ge

Noun

asperge f (plural asperges, diminutive aspergetje n)

1. asparagus (plant, vegetable)

Etymology

From Latin asparagus, from Ancient Greek ἀσπάραγος (aspáragos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /as.pɛʁʒ/

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Noun

asperge f (plural asperges)

1. asparagus (plant, vegetable)
2. (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

Further reading

• “asperge” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• présage

Verb

asperge

1. third-person singular present indicative of aspergere

Anagrams

• esparge

Verb

asperge

1. second-person singular present active imperative of aspergō