aspersive
English
Etymology
asperse + -ive
Adjective
aspersive (comparative more aspersive, superlative most aspersive)
- Tending to asperse; defamatory; slanderous.
Related terms
- aspersively
- aspersiveness
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for aspersive in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)