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asperge - definition and meaning
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I watched Marie-Françoise pinch off the tips of the "asperge sauvage", * motioning for me to do the same.
French Word-A-Day: 2008
I watched Marie-Françoise pinch off the tips of the "asperge sauvage", * motioning for me to do the same.
French Word-A-Day: 2008
I watched Marie-Françoise pinch off the tips of the "asperge sauvage", * motioning for me to do the same.
vivace - French Word-A-Day 2008
I watched Marie-Françoise pinch off the tips of the "asperge sauvage",* motioning for me to do the same.
French Word-A-Day: 2008
I watched Marie-Françoise pinch off the tips of the "asperge sauvage",* motioning for me to do the same.
vivace - French Word-A-Day 2008
Finally, the Padre took the asperge from the hands of one of the acolytes, and with a sign of the cross in benediction while he chanted the _Asperges_, gently sprinkled the holy water on the upturned face.
Black Spirits and White A Book of Ghost Stories Ralph Adams Cram 1902
Finally, the Padre took the asperge from the hands of one of the acolytes, and with a sign of the cross in benediction while he chanted the _Asperges_, gently sprinkled the holy water on the upturned face.
Masterpieces of Mystery, Vol. 1 (of 4) Ghost Stories Joseph Lewis French 1897
And that he who, entering into a church, doth not asperge himself with holy water, sinneth not, (461) if so be he do it _circa contemptum_.
The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) George Gillespie 1630
_chapon roti au cresson_; _asperge au branches_; _glace au chocolat_; _caf_; or: _potage au Crcy_; _turbot aux cpres_;
Manners and Social Usages Mrs. John M. E. W. Sherwood
Albertine consented, however, to sacrifice her lettuces, on the condition that I would promise to buy for her in a few days’ time from the woman who cried: “J’ai de la belle asperge d’Argenteuil, j’ai de la belle asperge.”
The Captive 2003
brightshade commented on the word asperge
Verb, to asperge, to sprinkle with holy water (using an aspergillum, of course!).
Evidently form the first word of the Latin text of Psalms 50(51):9 (literally ‘thou shalt purge’ ), recited before Mass during the sprinkling of holy water. Or so says the OAED.
June 7, 2009
bilby commented on the word asperge
Pretty word.
June 7, 2009
jfk commented on the word asperge
To asperse?...with an asperges or an aspergillium? I know nothing about it...just a googling smartass.
Even if it is a word, I think it's a little too close to asperger to be truly pretty.
June 7, 2009
reesetee commented on the word asperge
In the old Latin Mass of the Catholic church, Asperges me ("Sprinkle me") was the opening of an antiphon sung or recited while the celebrant sprinkled the congregation with holy water.
June 7, 2009
jfk commented on the word asperge
I need to be asperged. (Note to self: Don't post late at night)
June 8, 2009
mollusque commented on the word asperge
It has overtones of purge. And spurge (see euphorbia).
June 8, 2009