Daily Wordlist
Daily Wordlist aspersion [ uh'-SPUR-zhuh' n, -shuh' n ] [ noun ] MEANING : 1. spraying of holy water during religious practices 2. a potentially harmful remark made with the intention to defame 3. an act of defamation or derogation USAGE EXAMPLE 1 : US Olympic gold medallist Marion Jones' admission that she had taken steroids prior to the Sydney Olympics cast an aspersion on the sport of athletics. USAGE EXAMPLE 2 : It is not casting an aspersion on the sport, it just shows they are living in the real world. Telegraph, Samples to be frozen next year, Marcus Armytage, 26 Nov 2004 demesne [ di-MEYN, -MEEN ] [ noun ] MEANING : 1. legal possession and use of land as one's own 2. land adjoining a mansion or country house 3. land, occupied and controlled by, and worked for the exclusive use of, the owner 4. a district, territory, state or domain USAGE EXAMPLE 1 ...