Aspersive
to attack with false, malicious, and damaging charges or insinuations; slander.
to sprinkle; bespatter.
historical examples
of course the aspersive att-tude toward york was that of mrs. snogr-ss reflected in rochambeau.
the ghosts of their ancestors weymer jay mills
verb (transitive)
to spread false rumours about; defame
(rare) to sprinkle, as with water in baptism
v.
late 15c., “to besprinkle,” from latin aspersus, past participle of aspergere (see aspersion). meaning “to bespatter someone’s character with rumor and false reports” is recorded from 1610s.
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