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Pronunciation : As"per
Part of Speech : a.
Etymology : [OE. aspre, OF. aspre, F. ?pre, fr. L. asper rough.]
Definition : Defn: Rough; rugged; harsh; bitter; stern; fierce. [Archaic] "An asper sound." Bacon.


Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : As"per
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [L. spiritus asper rough breathing.] (Greek Gram.)
Definition : Defn: The rough breathing; a mark placed over an initial vowel sound or over h before it; thus hws, pronounced h, hrj'twr, pronounced hra\'b6t.


Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : As"per
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [F. aspre or It. aspro, fr. MGr.
Definition : Defn: A Turkish money of account (formerly a coin), of little value; the 120th part of a piaster.


Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913