transcription, транскрипция: [ a-ˈsper-ə-tē, ə-, -ˈspe-rə- ]
noun
( plural -ties )
Etymology: Middle English asprete, from Anglo-French aspreté, from aspre rough, from Latin asper, from Old Latin * absperos, from ab- ab- + -speros; akin to Sanskrit apasphura repelling, Latin spernere to spurn — more at spurn
Date: 13th century
1. : rigor , severity
2.
a. : roughness of surface : unevenness ; also : a tiny projection from a surface
b. : roughness of sound
3. : roughness of manner or of temper : harshness
asked with some asperity just what they were implying