escrúpulo.
scruple (doubt concerning the morality of some action)
Meaning & usage
scruple (doubt concerning the morality of some action)
apprehension (uneasy doubt concerning other issues, especially carefulness or pickiness about food)
alternative form of escrópulo: a traditional unit of mass
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-der.? Latin scrūpus Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -ulus Latin scrūpulusubor. Portuguese escrúpulo Unadapted borrowing from Latin scrūpulus. Doublet of escrópulo. Cognate with Spanish escrúpulo.
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