From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishinterspersein‧ter‧sperse /ˌɪntəˈspɜːs $ -tərˈspɜːrs/ verb [transitive] 1 → be interspersed with something2 → intersperse something with something→ See Verb tableOrigin intersperse (1500-1600) Latin interspersus “interspersed”, from sparsus; → SPARSE