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escrupulo

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
es-crupu-lo
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A traditional Spanish unit of mass, equivalent to about 1.2 g and chiefly used for medicines.

Etymology

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.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

escrupulos (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

grano (1 24 escrupulo) tomin adarme (1½ escrupulo) ochava (3 escrupulo) castellano (6 escrupulo) onza (24 escrupulo)

Synonyms

Spanish scruple scruple

Questions

What does escrupulo mean?
A traditional Spanish unit of mass, equivalent to about 1.2 g and chiefly used for medicines.
Where does escrupulo come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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