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

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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

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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

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