#92 asperity

#92 asperity- roughness or sharpness of temper; roughness or harshness of a surface, sound, taste,; condition hard to endure; affliction

- C16 from Latin asperitas- rough

In the question of the grazing lands his peevish asperity is notorious. ~ Ulysses

He had a reserved manner and a certain "asperity of temper" which distanced himself from his peers.

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