ASPER'ITY, n. [L. asperitas, from asper, rough.]
1. Roughness of surface; unevenness; opposed to smoothness.2. Roughness of sound; that quality which grates the ear; harshness of pronunciation.3. Roughness to the taste; sourness.4. Roughness or ruggedness of temper; moroseness; sourness; crabbedness.5. Sharpness.