Männlich

escrúpulo

Bedeutung (Englisch)

  1. (masculine) scruple (doubt concerning the morality of some action)
  2. (masculine) apprehension (uneasy doubt concerning other issues, especially carefulness or pickiness about food)
  3. (masculine) care (exactitude or rigor in the performance of some action)
  4. (historical, masculine) escrupulo, Spanish scruple (a traditional unit of mass equivalent to about 1.2 g)
  5. (historical, masculine) English or American scruple (a unit of mass equivalent to about 1.3 g)
  6. (historical, masculine) synonym of minuto (¹⁄₆₀ of a degree)

Synonyme

escrupulo

dulce de la piedra

jim

vajra

Mit Bindestrich als
es‧crú‧pu‧lo
Ausgesprochen als (IPA)
/esˈkɾupulo/
Etymologie (Englisch)

In summary

Borrowed from Latin scrūpulus (“scruple, nagging doubt, ¹⁄₂₄ uncia”), from scrūpus (“sharp stone, anxiety”) + -ulus (“-ule: forming diminutives”). Cognate with Portuguese escrópulo.

Notes

Sign in to write sticky notes