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Webster 1913 Edition
Asperity
As-per′i-ty
,Noun.
pl.
Asperities
. [L.
asperitas
, fr. asper
rough: cf. F. aspérité
.] 1.
Roughness of surface; unevenness; – opposed to
“The asperities of dry bodies.” smoothness
. Boyle.
2.
Roughness or harshness of sound; that quality which grates upon the ear; raucity.
3.
Roughness to the taste; sourness; tartness.
4.
Moral roughness; roughness of manner; severity; crabbedness; harshness; – opposed to
“Asperity of character.” mildness
. Landor.
It is no very cynical
asperity
not to confess obligations where no benefit has been received. Johnson.
5.
Sharpness; disagreeableness; difficulty.
The acclivities and
asperities
of duty. Barrow.
Syn. – Acrimony; moroseness; crabbedness; harshness; sourness; tartness. See
Acrimony
. Webster 1828 Edition
Asperity
ASPER'ITY
,Noun.
1.
Roughness of surface; unevenness; opposed to smoothness.2.
Roughness of sound; that quality which grates the ear; harshness of pronunciation.3.
Roughness to the taste; sourness.4.
Roughness or ruggedness of temper; moroseness; sourness; crabbedness.5.
Sharpness.Definition 2024
asperity
asperity
English
Noun
asperity (plural asperities)
- Roughness as of stone or weather.
- asperity of Maine's winter
- Harshness, as of temper.
- 1878: W. S. Gilbert, H.M.S. Pinafore:
- Go, ribald, get you hence
To your cabin with celerity.
This is the consequence
Of ill-advised asperity!
- Go, ribald, get you hence
- 1878: W. S. Gilbert, H.M.S. Pinafore:
- Something that is harsh and difficult to endure.
- (geology) A part of a geological fault line that does not move.
- Earthquakes begin and end at asperities.
Translations
roughness as of stone
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harshness, as of temper
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something that is harsh and hard to endure