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noun
a former silver coin of Turkey and Egypt: later a money of account equal to 1/120 of a piaster.
Origin:
1580–90; < Italian aspero < Medieval Greek áspron literally, white coin, noun use of neuter of áspros white
1580–90; < Italian aspero < Medieval Greek áspron literally, white coin, noun use of neuter of áspros white
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Asper
is always a great word to know.
So is ninnyhammer. Does it mean:
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
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Origin:
before 900; Middle English aspe, apse, Old English æsp(e), æps(e); cognate with Middle Low German aspe, Old High German aspa (German Espe, with altered vowel < Old High German adj. espîn), Old Norse ǫsp; akin to Latvian apse, Russian osína, Czech osika < North European Indo-European *aps-. See aspen
before 900; Middle English aspe, apse, Old English æsp(e), æps(e); cognate with Middle Low German aspe, Old High German aspa (German Espe, with altered vowel < Old High German adj. espîn), Old Norse ǫsp; akin to Latvian apse, Russian osína, Czech osika < North European Indo-European *aps-. See aspen
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Word Origin & History
asp
mid-14c., from M.Fr. aspe, from L. aspidem (nom. aspis), from Gk. aspis "shield;" the serpent probably so called in reference to its neck hood.
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Medical Dictionary
Asp abbr.
aspartic acid
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