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escrupulo

escrupulo noun: a traditional Spanish unit of mass, equivalent to about 1.2 g and chiefly used for medicines.

Noun

escrupulo (plural escrupulos)

  1. (historical) A traditional Spanish unit of mass, equivalent to about 1.2 g and chiefly used for medicines.
    Synonyms:
    Spanish scruple, scruple

Synonyms of escrupulo

Forms of escrupulo

pluralescrupulos

Origin of escrupulo

Unadapted borrowing 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.

Questions about escrupulo

What does escrupulo mean?
Escrupulo means a traditional Spanish unit of mass, equivalent to about 1.2 g and chiefly used for medicines.
What part of speech is escrupulo?
Escrupulo is a noun.
What is the plural of escrupulo?
The plural of escrupulo is escrupulos.

Words near escrupulo in the dictionary

  1. escrowed
  2. escrowee
  3. escrowees
  4. escrowing
  5. escrows
  6. escrupulo
  7. escrupulos
  8. ESCs
  9. escuage
  10. escuages
  11. escucheon

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