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asperity

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"Harsh manner"

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8 lettersPronunciation /əˈspɛɹɪti/Part of speech nounSorted aeiprstyStarts with AEnds with Y1 clues
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Definitions

  1. harshness of manner

Used in a sentence

  • Oyle of ſwete Almondes and of ſiſami taketh away the aſperitie and rougheneſſe of the throte.
  • The iuyce of Mynte mengled with honied water, cureth the payne of the eares being dropped therein, and taketh away the aſperitie, and roughneſſe of the tongue, whan it is rubbed or waſſhed therewith.
  • [I]f Man vvere out of the vvorld, vvho vvere then left […] to vievv the aſperityes of the Moon through a Dioptrick-glaſſe, and venture at the Proportion of her Hills by their ſhadovves[…]?

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