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scrupus.

sharp stone; worry, anxiety;

7 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈskruː.pʊs]Classical-Latin[ˈskruː.pus]
  1. a rough or sharp stone

    declension-2
  2. anxiety; uneasiness

    declension-2 · figuratively
Where this word comes from

Uncertain. Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(s)krewp-, extended from *(s)ker- (“to cut”), whence curtus. Alternatively, from *skroypos, from a different extension *skreyp-. In either case, a relationship with scrūta is possible, but semantically distant.

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