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SCRUPLE

This article appears in Volume V24, Page 487 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: SAR-SCY
SCRUPLE , a
term
  used in the two senses of (1) perplexity, doubt, reluctance or hesitation, especially the moral doubt arising from the difficulties of
conscience
 ; (2) a unit of
weight
 , -
part
  of the ounce in apothecaries'
weight
 , of a dram, 20 grains (5.295 grammes). The word is an adaptation of Fr. scrupule, Lat. scrupulus, scrupulum, primarily a small
sharp
  stone, also used in both the
English
  meanings, dim. of scrupits, a rough stone, figuratively uneasiness of mind, probably to be connected with the root skar, to cut, cf. Gr. o &pop, stonechippings, ?-vpbv, a
razor
 .


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