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ASPERITY
asperity, sharpness
(noun) harshness of manner
asperity, grimness, hardship, rigor, rigour, severity, severeness, rigorousness, rigourousness
(noun) something hard to endure; “the asperity of northern winters”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
asperity (countable and uncountable, plural asperities)
Roughness as of stone or weather.
Harshness, as of temper.
Something that is harsh and difficult to endure.
(geology) A part of a geological fault line that does not move.
Source: Wiktionary
As*per"i*ty, n.; pl. Asperities. Etym: [L. asperitas, fr. asper rough: cf. F. aspérité.]
1. Roughness of surface; unevenness; -- opposed to smoothness. "The asperities of dry bodies." 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 mildness. "Asperity of character." 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
Word of the Day
27 November 2024
NAUSEATING
(adjective) causing or able to cause nausea; “a nauseating smell”; “nauseous offal”; “a sickening stench”
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