— interspersedly /in'teuhr sperr"sid lee/ , adv. — interspersion /in'teuhr sperr"zheuhn/ or, esp. Brit., /-sheuhn/ , interspersal , n.
/in'teuhr sperrs"/ , v.t., interspersed, interspersing .
1. to scatter here and there or place at intervals among other things: to intersperse flowers among shrubs.
2. to diversify with something placed or scattered at intervals: to intersperse a dull speech with interesting anecdotes.
[ 1560-70; interspersus (ptp. of interspergere to strew here and there), equiv. to inter- INTER- + -spersus, comb. form of sparsus, ptp. of spargere to scatter; see DISPERSE ]
Syn. 1. strew, sprinkle.