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Look up: asper

  1. asper
    Latin, meaning: rough, harsh, severe.
    Found on http://archives.nd.edu/aaa.htm

  2. asper
    [n] - 20 aspers equal 1 kuru
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  3. Asper
    As'per (ăs'pẽr) adjective [ Middle English aspre , Old French aspre , French âpre , from Latin asper rough.] Rough; rugged; harsh; bitter; stern; fierce. [ Archaic] 'An asper sound.' Bacon.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/A/130

  4. Asper
    As'per (ăs'pẽr) noun [ Latin spiritus asper rough breathing.] (Greek Gram.) The rough breathing; a mark placed over an initial vowel sound or over ρ to show that it is aspirated, that is, pronounced with h be...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/A/130

  5. Asper
    As'per noun [ French aspre or Italian aspro , from 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.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/A/130

  6. asper
    The rough breathing; a mark (#) placed over an initial vowel sound or over to show that it is aspirated, that is, pronounced with h before it; thus hws, pronounced hs, hrj'twr, pronounced hra'tr. ... Origin: L. Spiritus asper rough breathing. ... Source: Websters Dictionary ... (01 Mar 1998) ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  7. asper
    noun 20 aspers equal 1 kuru in Turkey
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  8. Asper
    • (a.) Rough; rugged; harsh; bitter; stern; fierce. • (n.) A Turkish money of account (formerly a coin), of little value; the 120th part of a piaster. • (n.) The rough breathing; a mark (/) placed over an initial vowel sound or over / to show that it is aspirated, that is, pronounced ...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  9. Asper
    The asper or aspee was a former small Turkish coin, of which there were 120 in the piastre.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow



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