English Explanatory Dictionary

escropulo

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

escropulo escropulos

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.

Synonyms

Portuguese scruple scruple
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