Asper Definition

aspər

noun

A former silver coin of Turkey and Egypt, later a money of account equal to¹₁₂₀ of a piaster.

Webster's New World

(phonetics) Rough breathing; a mark (#) indicating that part of a word is aspirated, or pronounced with h before it.

Wiktionary

(historical) Any one of several small coins, circulated around the eastern Mediterranean area from the 12th to 17th centuries.

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adjective

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Other Word Forms of Asper

Singular:

asper

Plural:

aspers

Middle English, from Middle French aspre or Italian aspro, both from Ancient Greek ἄσπρον (aspron), from neuter of ἄσπρος (aspros, “white”), from Latin asper (“rough, newly minted”)

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From Old French aspre (modern âpre), from Latin asper (“rough”).

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