sperage

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈspɛɹɪdʒ/

Noun

sperage (countable and uncountable, plural sperages)

1. Obsolete form of asparagus.
   • 1608, [Guillaume de Salluste] Du Bartas, translated by Josuah Sylvester, Du Bartas His Deuine Weekes and Workes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Humfrey Lownes [and are to be sold by Arthur Iohnson […]], published 1611, →OCLC:

     Sperage and the Rush

References

• “sperage”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• asperge, preages, presage