asper
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 7
- Words With Friends
- 8
- Letters
- 5
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Definition of asper
4 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included
adj
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(obsolete)Rough or harsh; severe, stern, serious.
“An asper sound.”
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adj
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(obsolete)Rough or harsh; severe, stern, serious.
“An asper sound.”
noun
- (obsolete, uncountable)Rough breathing; a mark (#) indicating that part of a word is aspirated, or pronounced with h before it.
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(historical)Any one of several small coins, circulated around the eastern Mediterranean area from the 12th to 17th centuries.
“And for ten Aspers you shall daily finde some amongst them, that will give themselves a deepe gash with a Scimitarie, either in their armes or thighes.”
name
- A surname.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Middle English aspre, from Old French aspre (modern French âpre), from Latin asper (“rough”).
Words you can make from asper
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