a. Obs. Sc. [Apparently a comp. of SMART, in its early sense of sharp; the first element is doubtfully referred to ON. apr, sharp (said of cold or fighting), and to Fr. âpre:—L. asper-um sharp, rough. G. Douglas uses it to translate L. asper.] Sharp-tempered, harsh.
1501. Douglas, Pal. Hon., III. lxxiii. Hir wordis war sa apirsmart. Ibid. (1513), Æneis, I. v. 88. Apirsmert Juno.
