Căutare în Webster - Dicționarul explicativ al limbii engleze

Pentru căutare rapidă introduceți minim 3 litere.

 

SCRUPULOUS - Definiția din dicționar

Traducere: română


Notă: Puteţi căuta fiecare cuvânt din cadrul definiţiei printr-un simplu click pe cuvântul dorit.

Scru"pu*lous (?), a. [L. scrupulosus: cf. F. scrupuleux.] 1. Full of scruples; inclined to scruple; nicely doubtful; hesitating to determine or to act, from a fear of offending or of doing wrong.
[1913 Webster]

Abusing their liberty, to the offense of their weak brethren which were scrupulous. Hooker.
[1913 Webster]

2. Careful; cautious; exact; nice; as, scrupulous abstinence from labor; scrupulous performance of duties.
[1913 Webster]

3. Given to making objections; captious. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]

Equality of two domestic powers
Breed scrupulous faction. Shak.
[1913 Webster]

4. Liable to be doubted; doubtful; nice. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]

The justice of that cause ought to be evident; not obscure, not scrupulous. Bacon.
[1913 Webster]

Syn. -- Cautious; careful; conscientious; hesitating.
[1913 Webster]

-- Scru"pu*lous*ly, adv. -- Scru"pu*lous*ness, n.
[1913 Webster]