scruple
21scruple — I. noun Etymology: Middle English scrupil, scriple, from Anglo French scruple, from Latin scrupulus a unit of weight, diminutive of scrupus sharp stone Date: 14th century 1. see weight table 2. a minute part or quantity ; iota II. noun …
22scruple — scrupleless, adj. /skrooh peuhl/, n., v., scrupled, scrupling. n. 1. a moral or ethical consideration or standard that acts as a restraining force or inhibits certain actions. 2. a very small portion or amount. 3. a unit of weight equal to 20… …
23scruple — An apothecaries weight of 20 grains or one third of a dram. [L. scrupulus, a small sharp stone, a weight, the 24th part of an ounce, a s., dim. of scrupus, a sharp stone] * * * scru·ple skrü pəl n a unit of apothecaries weight equal to 20 grains… …
24Scruple — Scru|ple [ skru:pl̩] das; , s <aus gleichbed. engl. scruple zu mittelengl. scriple, dies aus lat. scrupulus, scripulum »sehr kleines Maß«> in Großbritannien u. den USA gebräuchliche Gewichts u. Masseeinheit des Apothecaries Systems für… …
25scruple — [16] Latin scrūpus meant ‘sharp stone’, and the notion of something troubling the mind like a painful stone in the shoe led to its metaphorical use for ‘anxiety, doubt, particularly over a moral issue’. Both meanings were carried over into the… …
26scruple — n. a unit of weight used in pharmacy. 1 scruple = 1.295 g (20 grains). 3 scruples = 1 drachm …
27scruple — [16] Latin scrūpus meant ‘sharp stone’, and the notion of something troubling the mind like a painful stone in the shoe led to its metaphorical use for ‘anxiety, doubt, particularly over a moral issue’. Both meanings were carried over into the… …
28scruple — n. & v. n. 1 (in sing. or pl.) a regard to the morality or propriety of an action. b a feeling of doubt or hesitation caused by this. 2 Brit. hist. an apothecaries weight of 20 grains. 3 archaic a very small quantity. v.intr. 1 (foll. by to +… …
29scruple — Synonyms and related words: Pyrrhonism, ace, apprehension, atom, awake a doubt, back down, balance, balk, balk at, bashfulness, be diffident, be doubtful, be dubious, be skeptical, be uncertain, beef, better self, bit, bitch, blench, boggle,… …
30scruple — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. doubt, perplexity, misgiving, reluctance, unwillingness, qualm, conscience. See probity. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. compunction, qualm, uneasiness; see doubt 2 , qualm 1 . See Synonym Study at qualm .… …
