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 
                                                    
                                                
