Asperous
adj
adj ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Rough, rugged, uneven.
- 2 Bitter, cruel, severe.
"[T]here needeth onely an unfolding and deplication of the inſide of this order, to ſhevv, it is not ſo aſperous and thorny as our Nature apprehendeth it by the firſt glances that light upon it."
Example
More examples"[T]here needeth onely an unfolding and deplication of the inſide of this order, to ſhevv, it is not ſo aſperous and thorny as our Nature apprehendeth it by the firſt glances that light upon it."
Etymology
From Latin asper (“rough, coarse”) + -ous.
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