asper

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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

[357] Asper et immitis, breviter vis omnia dicam? — The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Complete, Suetonius
But for ten aspers--[A Turkish coin worth about a penny]--there are there every day fellows to be found that will give themselves a good deep slash in the arms or thighs. — Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Complete, Michel de Montaigne
Plautius Lateranus and Tullius Senecio would spring into fire for him; as would Natalis, and Subrius Flavius, and Sulpicius Asper, and Afranius Quinetianus, and even Vestinius.” “From this last man not much will result to Piso,” replied Petronius. — Quo Vadis: A Narrative of the Time of Nero, Henryk Sienkiewicz

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