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escropulo

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
es-crop-u-lo
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A traditional Portuguese unit of mass, equivalent to about 1.2 g.

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Portuguese escrópulo, from Latin scrūpulus (“scruple, nagging doubt, 1/24 uncia”), from scrūpus (“sharp stone, anxiety”) + -ulus (“-ule: forming diminutives”). Doublet of scruple and escrupulo.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

escropulos (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

grao (1 24 escropulo) vintem (3 32 escropulo) quilate oitava (3 escropulos) onça (24 escropulos)

Synonyms

Portuguese scruple scruple

Questions

What does escropulo mean?
A traditional Portuguese unit of mass, equivalent to about 1.2 g.
Where does escropulo come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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