"escrupulo" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: escrupulos [plural]
Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|es|escrúpulo}} Spanish escrúpulo, {{frac|1|24}} ¹⁄₂₄, {{der|en|la|scrūpulus||scruple, nagging doubt, <small>¹<big>⁄</big>₂₄</small> uncia}} Latin scrūpulus (“scruple, nagging doubt, ¹⁄₂₄ uncia”), {{m|la|scrūpus||sharp stone, anxiety}} scrūpus (“sharp stone, anxiety”), {{m|la|-ulus||-ule: forming diminutives}} -ulus (“-ule: forming diminutives”), {{doublet|en|scruple|escropulo}} Doublet of scruple and escropulo Head templates: {{en-noun}} escrupulo (plural escrupulos)
  1. (historical) A traditional Spanish unit of mass, equivalent to about 1.2 g and chiefly used for medicines. Tags: historical Categories (topical): Pharmacy, Units of measure Categories (place): Spain Synonyms: Spanish scruple, scruple (english: Spanish contexts) Coordinate_terms: grano (1, 24 escrupulo), tomin (alt: ½ escrupulo), adarme (1½ escrupulo), ochava (3 escrupulo), castellano (6 escrupulo), onza (24 escrupulo)
    Sense id: en-escrupulo-en-noun-jrDTlnPC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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