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Definitions for Asper
[1] a former silver coin of Turkey and Egypt: later a money of account equal to 1/120 of a piaster.
[2] harsh; rough.
[3] aspen.
[4] a former Turkish monetary unit, a silver coin, worth 1 /120 of a piastre
[5] the venomous snake, probably Naja haje (Egyptian cobra), that caused the death of Cleopatra and was formerly used by the Pharaohs as a symbol of their power over life and death See also uraeus
[6] Also called: asp viper a viper, Vipera aspis, that occurs in S Europe and is very similar to but smaller than the adder
[7] horned asp another name for horned viper
[8] an archaic name for the aspen
Words nearby Asper
aspect ratio, aspectant, aspectual, aspen, aspen hill, asper, asperate, asperger syndrome, asperger's syndrome, asperges, aspergilloma
Origin of Asper
2before 900; Middle English aspe, apse, Old English æsp(e ), æps(e ); cognate with Middle Low German aspe, Old High German aspa (German Espe, with altered vowel < Old High German adj. espîn ), Old Norse ǫsp; akin to Latvian apse, Russian osína, Czech osika < North European Indo-European *aps-. See aspen
Word origin for Asper
Old English æspe; related to Old Norse ösp, Old High German aspa