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| Asperous | a. [ See Asper, a. ] Rough; uneven. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Asper | ‖n. [ L. spiritus asper rough breathing. ] (Greek Gram.) The rough breathing; a mark (&asper_;) placed over an initial vowel sound or over ρ to show that it is aspirated, that is, pronounced with h before it; thus "ws, pronounced "rh`twr, pronounced [ 1913 Webster ] | | Asper | ‖ n. [ F. aspre or It. aspro, fr. MGr. 'a`spron, 'a`spros, white (prob. from the whiteness of new silver coins). ] A Turkish money of account (formerly a coin), of little value; the 120th part of a piaster. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Asper | a. [ OE. aspre, OF. aspre, F. âpre, fr. L. asper rough. ] Rough; rugged; harsh; bitter; stern; fierce. [ Archaic ] “An asper sound.” Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Asperate | v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Asperated; p. pr. & vb. n. Asperating. ] [ L. asperatus, p. p. of asperare, fr. asper rough. ] To make rough or uneven. [ 1913 Webster ] The asperated part of its surface. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Asperation | n. The act of asperating; a making or becoming rough. Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Asperges | ‖n. [ L., Thou shalt sprinkle. ] (R. C. Ch.) (a) The service or ceremony of sprinkling with holy water. (b) The brush or instrument used in sprinkling holy water; an aspergill. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Aspergilliform | a. [ Aspergillum + -form. ] (Bot.) Resembling the aspergillum in form; as, an aspergilliform stigma. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Aspergillum | { ‖ } n. [ LL. aspergillum, fr. L. aspergere. See Asperse, v. t. ] 1. The brush used in the Roman Catholic church for sprinkling holy water on the people. [ Also written aspergillus. ] [ 1913 Webster ] 2. (Zool.) See Wateringpot shell. [ 1913 Webster ] Variants: Aspergill | | Asperifolious | { } a. [ L. asper rough + folium leaf. ] (Bot.) Having rough leaves. [ 1913 Webster ] ☞ By some applied to the natural order now called Boraginaceæ or borageworts. [ 1913 Webster ] Variants: Asperifoliate | | Asperity | n.; pl. Asperities [ L. asperitas, fr. asper rough: cf. F. aspérité. ] 1. Roughness of surface; unevenness; -- opposed to smoothness. “The asperities of dry bodies.” Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. Roughness or harshness of sound; that quality which grates upon the ear; raucity. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. Roughness to the taste; sourness; tartness. [ 1913 Webster ] 4. Moral roughness; roughness of manner; severity; crabbedness; harshness; -- opposed to mildness. “Asperity of character.” Landor. [ 1913 Webster ] It is no very cynical asperity not to confess obligations where no benefit has been received. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ] 5. Sharpness; disagreeableness; difficulty. [ 1913 Webster ] The acclivities and asperities of duty. Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ] Syn. -- Acrimony; moroseness; crabbedness; harshness; sourness; tartness. See Acrimony. [ 1913 Webster ] |
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| | asper | (n) 20 aspers equal 1 kurus in Turkey | | asperger's syndrome | (n) a psychiatric disorder usually noted during early school years; characterized by impaired social relations and by repetitive patterns of behavior | | aspergill | (n) a short-handled device with a globe containing a sponge; used for sprinkling holy water, Syn. aspersorium | | aspergillaceae | (n) family of fungi including some common molds, Syn. family Aspergillaceae | | aspergillosis | (n) severe respiratory disease of birds that takes the form of an acute rapidly fatal pneumonia in young chickens and turkeys, Syn. brooder pneumonia | | aspergillosis | (n) an opportunistic infection by a fungus of the genus Aspergillus; characterized by inflammation and lesions of the ear and other organs | | aspergillosis | (n) disease especially in agricultural workers caused by inhalation of Aspergillus spores causing lumps in skin and ears and respiratory organs | | aspergillus | (n) genus of common molds causing food spoilage and some pathogenic to plants and animals, Syn. genus Aspergillus | | aspergillus fumigatus | (n) a mold causing aspergillosis in birds and man | | asperity | (n) something hard to endure, Syn. rigourousness, grimness, severeness, severity, rigorousness, hardship, rigour, rigor, Example: the asperity of northern winters |
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