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Aspic vs Aspie - What's the difference?

aspic | aspie |

As nouns the difference between aspic and aspie

is that aspic is a dish in which ingredients are set into a gelatine, jelly-like substance made from a meat stock or consommé while aspie is an Aspergerian: a person with Asperger’s syndrome.

As an adjective aspic

is aspish; relating to an asp, a small venomous snake of Egypt.

aspic

English

(wikipedia aspic)

Noun

(en noun)
  • a dish in which ingredients are set into a gelatine, jelly-like substance made from a meat stock or .
  • (obsolete, poetic) an asp, a small venomous snake of Egypt.
  • * 1623 , :
    • This is an aspic's' trail: and these fig-leaves / Have slime upon them, such as the ' aspic leaves.
  • * 1833 , :
    • (With that she tore her robe apart, and half / The polished argent of her breast to sight / Laid bare. Thereto she pointed with a laugh, / Showing the aspic's bite. )
  • A piece of ordnance carrying a 12-pound shot.

    • See also

    * brawn * head cheese * meat jelly

    Adjective

    (-)
  • aspish; relating to an asp, a small venomous snake of Egypt.
  • * 1923 , , Faber and Faber (2001), ISBN 978-0571207794, page 3,
    • Timeless mother, / How is it that your aspic nipples / For once vent honey?

    Anagrams

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    aspie

    English

    Alternative forms

    * Aspie

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (informal) An Aspergerian: a person with Asperger’s syndrome.

    • Usage notes

    * In formal settings, phrases like "person with Asperger's syndrome" or "person on the autism spectrum" may be preferred. * The term is frequently capitalized; see Aspie .

    See also

    * autie * sperg

    Anagrams

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