asperation
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English asperacione, from Latin asperationem, or a derivation of aspirate.
Noun[edit]
asperation (plural asperations)
- a harshness, an unpleasantness
- The act of asperating; a making or becoming rough.
- 1728, John Norden, Speculi Britanniae Pars:
- The Welshe doe drown the true ſounde of manie letters and ſillables by a kinde of asperation, contrarie to moste Languages