Thesaurus: asper

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1. a. Rough; rugged; harsh; bitter; stern; fierce.
2. n. 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 "ws, pronounced h/s, "rh`twr, pronounced hra"t/r.
3. n. A Turkish money of account (formerly a coin), of little value; the 120th part of a piaster.
4. n. 20 aspers equal 1 kurus in Turkey
5. Rough; rugged; harsh; bitter; stern; fierce. [Archaic] "An asper sound." Bacon. 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. A Turkish money of account (formerly a coin), of little value; the 120th part of a piaster.
6. Rough; rugged; harsh; bitter; stern; fierce. [Archaic] "Anasper sound." Bacon.
7. n. 20 aspers equal 1 kurus in Turkey