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scrupulous - 3 dictionary results

scru⋅pu⋅lous

[skroo-pyuh-luhs]
–adjective
1. having scruples; having or showing a strict regard for what one considers right; principled.
2. punctiliously or minutely careful, precise, or exact: a scrupulous performance.

Origin:
1400–50; late ME < L scrūpulōsus. See scruple, -ous


scru⋅pu⋅los⋅i⋅ty [skroo-pyuh-los-i-tee] , scru⋅pu⋅lous⋅ness, noun
scru⋅pu⋅lous⋅ly, adverb


1. conscientious, cautious, careful, circumspect. 2. exacting, rigorous. Scrupulous, punctilious imply abiding exactly by rules. Scrupulous implies conscientious carefulness in attending to details: scrupulous attention to details. Punctilious suggests strictness, preciseness, and rigidity, esp. in observance of social conventions.


2. careless.
scru·pu·lous   (skrōō'pyə-ləs)   
adj.  
  1. Conscientious and exact; painstaking. See Synonyms at meticulous.
  2. Having scruples; principled.

[Middle English, from Old French scrupuleux, from Latin scrūpulōsus, from scrūpulus, scruple; see scruple.]
scru'pu·los'i·ty (-lŏs'ĭ-tē), scru'pu·lous·ness (-ləs-nĭs) n., scru'pu·lous·ly adv.

Scrupulous

Scru"pu*lous\, a. [L. scrupulosus: cf. F. scrupuleux.]

1. Full ofscrupules; inclined to scruple; nicely doubtful; hesitating to determine or to act, from a fear of offending or of doing wrong.

Abusing their liberty, to the offense of their weak brethren which were scrupulous. --Hooker.

2. Careful; cautious; exact; nice; as, scrupulous abstinence from labor; scrupulous performance of duties.

3. Given to making objections; captious. [Obs.]

Equality of two domestic powers Breed scrupulous faction. --Shak.

4. Liable to be doubted; doubtful; nice. [Obs.]

The justice of that cause ought to be evident; not obscrure, not scrupulous. --Bacon.

Syn: Cautious; careful; conscientious; hesitating. -- Scru"pu*lous*ly, adv. -- Scru"pu*lous*ness, n.
Language Translation for : scrupulous
Spanish: escrupuloso,
German: voller Bedenken,
Japanese: きちょう面な
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