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ˈasperous, a.
[f. L. asper (see asper) + -ous. Cf. glabrous, dexterous, etc.]
1. Rough, rugged. (Now only in technical use.)
1547Boorde Brev. Health ccclviii. 115 [Cough] doth come..of a reume distyllynge to the asperous arture. 1678Rycaut Grk. Ch. 243 (T.) They [cells of hermits] are all built in the rocks, and have a craggy and asperous ascent to them. 1752Lisle Husb. 12 Arenous and sandy earths..consist of sharp and asperous angles. 1880Gray Bot. Textbk. 397 Asperous, rough to the touch.
†2. Harsh to the senses; rough-tasted. Obs.
1670Beale in Phil. Trans. V. 1156 The asperous, and yet appeasing Particles in some Liquors.
†3. Harsh to the feelings; bitter, cruel, severe.
1556Abp. Parker Psalter xxxviii, Thy irefull dartes be asperous. 1606Warner Alb. Eng. ci. 398 A long and asperous Warre. 1653A. Wilson James I, 125 The asperous edge of Opinion might be taken off.
†4. Fierce, savage; cf. asper a. 5. Obs.
1650T. Bayly Herba Parietis 78 The asperous vermine sets all the venemous nailes..into his trembling flesh. |