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rough,

Original French:  aſprettes,

Modern French:  asprettes,

asprette

Aspreté: Sharpnesse, eagernesse, tartnesse; harshnesse, unpleasantnesse; roughnesse, ruggednesse.

Randle Cotgrave [–1634?]
A Dictionarie of the French and English Tongue
London: Adam Islip, 1611
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Posted 15 January 2013. Modified 25 November 2014.

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