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Asperities

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資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Asperity \As*per"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Asperities}. [L. asperitas, fr.
   asper rough: cf. F. asp['e]rit['e].]
   1. Roughness of surface; unevenness; -- opposed to
      {smoothness}. ``The asperities of dry bodies.'' --Boyle.

   2. Roughness or harshness of sound; that quality which grates
      upon the ear; raucity.

   3. Roughness to the taste; sourness; tartness.

   4. Moral roughness; roughness of manner; severity;
      crabbedness; harshness; -- opposed to {mildness}.
      ``Asperity of character.'' --Landor.

            It is no very cynical asperity not to confess
            obligations where no benefit has been received.
                                                  --Johnson.

   5. Sharpness; disagreeableness; difficulty.

            The acclivities and asperities of duty. --Barrow.

   Syn: Acrimony; moroseness; crabbedness; harshness; sourness;
        tartness. See {Acrimony}.
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