asper.
Rough or harsh; severe, stern, serious.
Meaning & usage
Rough or harsh; severe, stern, serious.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English aspre, from Old French aspre (modern French âpre), from Latin asper (“rough”).
Rough breathing; a mark (#) indicating that part of a word is aspirated, or pronounced with h before it.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English aspre, from Old French aspre (modern French âpre), from Latin asper (“rough”).
Any one of several small coins, circulated around the eastern Mediterranean area from the 12th to 17th centuries.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English asper, from Middle French aspre or Italian aspro, both from Ancient Greek ἄσπρον (áspron), from neuter of ἄσπρος (áspros, “white”), from Latin asper (“rough, newly minted”).
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