asperity

English

Etymology

From Old French asprete, from Latin asperitatem, from asper (“rough”).

Noun

asperity (plural asperities)

1. Roughness as of stone or weather.

   asperity of Maine's winter

2. Harshness, as of temper.
   • 1878: W. S. Gilbert, H.M.S. Pinafore:

     Go, ribald, get you hence
     To your cabin with celerity.
     This is the consequence
     Of ill-advised asperity!

3. Something that is harsh and difficult to endure.
4. (geology) A part of a geological fault line that does not move.

   Earthquakes begin and end at asperities.

Translations

roughness as of stone

Bulgarian: грапавина (bg) Dutch: ruwheid (nl)

Russian: шероховатость (ru) f.

harshness, as of temper

Bulgarian: рязкост Dutch: hardvochtigheid (nl)

Russian: суровость (ru) f., жёсткость (ru) f.

something that is harsh and hard to endure

Bulgarian: строгост (bg), суровост (bg) Dutch: ondraaglijkheid (nl) French: aspérité (fr) f.

Ido: aspereso Italian: asperità (it) Russian: суровость (ru) f.

a part of a geological fault line that does not move

Bulgarian: разлом (bg)