SCRUPULOSITY

Etymology

Noun

scrupulosity (countable and uncountable, plural scrupulosities)

The property of being scrupulous; excessive attention to scruples.

Source: Wiktionary


Scru`pu*los"i*ty, n. Etym: [L. scrupulositas.]

Definition: The quality or state of being scruppulous; doubt; doubtfulness respecting decision or action; caution or tenderness from the far of doing wrong or ofending; nice regard to exactness and propierty; precision. The first sacrilege is looked on with horror; but when they have made the breach, their scrupulosity soon retires. Dr. H. More. Careful, even to scrupulosity, . . . to keep their Sabbath. South.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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