Usually means: Harsh breathing sound in speech.
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  1. spiritus asper: Merriam-Webster
  2. spiritus asper: Collins English Dictionary
  3. spiritus asper: Wiktionary
  4. spiritus asper: Dictionary.com
  5. Spiritus asper: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  6. spiritus asper: FreeDictionary.org
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Definitions from Wiktionary (spiritus asper)

noun:  (orthography) A diacritic mark ( ʻ ) in Ancient Greek used to indicate the aspiration of an initial vowel or rho; also used for a similar sound in the Wade–Giles system of romanization for Mandarin Chinese.

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