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asperity

asperity is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 4 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.

Definitions

  1. 1.Roughness or harshness of sound; that quality which grates upon the ear; raucity.
  2. 2.Roughness to the taste; sourness; tartness.
  3. 3.Moral roughness; roughness of manner; severity; crabbedness; harshness; -- opposed to mildness. "Asperity of character." Landor. It is no very cynical asperity not to confess obligations where no benefit has been received. Johnson.
  4. 4.Sharpness; disagreeableness; difficulty. The acclivities and asperities of duty. Barrow. See Acrimony.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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