Meanings
plural escrupulos
- historicalA traditional Spanish unit of mass, equivalent to about 1.2 g and chiefly used for medicines.
Synonyms: Spanish scruple, scruple
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA traditional Spanish unit of mass, equivalent to about 1.2 g and chiefly used for medicines.
Origin
- Latinscrūpulus“scruple, nagging doubt, <small>¹<big>⁄</big>₂₄</small> uncia”
- Spanishescrúpulo
- Englishescrupulo
Unadapted borrowing from Spanish escrúpulo, from Latin scrūpulus (“scruple, nagging doubt, ¹⁄₂₄ uncia”), from scrūpus (“sharp stone, anxiety”) + -ulus (“-ule: forming diminutives”). Doublet of scruple and escropulo.
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