asper
asper is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Rough; rugged; harsh; bitter; stern; fierce. [Archaic] "An asper sound." Bacon.
- 2.The rough breathing; a mark placed over an initial vowel sound or over h before it; thus hws, pronounced h, hrj'twr, pronounced hra\'b6t.
- 3.A Turkish money of account (formerly a coin), of little value; the 120th part of a piaster.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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Definition-first questions whose answer is asper.
- What is rough; rugged; harsh; bitter; stern; fierce. [Archaic] "An asper sound." Bacon called?
- What is the rough breathing; a mark placed over an initial vowel sound or over h before it; thus hws, pronounced h, hrj'twr, pronounced hra\'b6t called?
- What is a Turkish money of account (formerly a coin), of little value; the 120th part of a piaster called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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