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| as·per·i·ty [ a spérrətee ] (plural as·per·i·ties) |
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1. harshness or severity: harshness or severity of manner or tone
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formal
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2. hardship: something that is hard to bear because of its harshness or severity
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formal
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3. roughness: the roughness of a surface
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literary
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4. physics area where surfaces touch: a region of contact between two load-bearing flat surfaces
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| [13th century. Via French aspérité< Latin asperitas< asper "rough"] |
