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Rarescruple
The correct spelling is scruple.
How to pronounce scruple
/ˈskɹuːpəl/
nounIPA: /ˈskɹuːpəl/
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The correct spelling is scruple. A weight of 1/288 of a pound, that is, twenty grains or one third of a dram, about 1.3 grams (symbol: ℈). For example: "I do not scruple to admit that all the Earth seeth but only half of the Moon."
Usage Examples
“I do not scruple to admit that all the Earth seeth but only half of the Moon.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.A weight of 1/288 of a pound, that is, twenty grains or one third of a dram, about 1.3 grams (symbol: ℈).
- 2.(by extension) A very small quantity; a particle.
- 3.A doubt or uncertainty concerning a matter of fact; intellectual perplexity.
- 4.Hesitation to act from the difficulty of determining what is right or expedient; doubt, hesitation or unwillingness due to motives of conscience.
- 5.A Hebrew unit of time equal to 1/1080 hour.
verb
- 1.To hesitate or be reluctant to act due to considerations of conscience or expedience.
- 2.To excite scruples in; to cause to scruple.
- 3.To regard with suspicion; to question.
- 4.To question the truth of (a fact, etc.); to doubt; to hesitate to believe, to question.
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