The Only Use of
asperity
in
The Hound of the Baskervilles
- May I inquire who has the honour to be the first?" asked Holmes with some asperity.†
Chpt 1
Definitions:
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(1)
(asperity) harshness of manner
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
In physics or geology, asperity can refer to a region of contact between two surfaces under pressure.