| Front | asperity \ah-SPER-i-tee\ |
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| Back | noun Harshness or roughness. [Via French from Latin asper (rough)] "We must expect posterity to view with some asperity the marvels and the wonders we're passing on to it; but it should change its attitude to one of heartfelt gratitude when thinking of the blunders we didn't quite commit." - Our Greatest Achievement; Piet Hein; Grooks. "Dressed in Robert Jones's well-cut, earth-toned '60s' pantsuits, Lagerfelt wittily mixes languor and asperity." - David Benedict; Greta Garbo Came to Donegal; Variety (Los Angeles); Jan 13, 2010. |
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