escrupulo

== English == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from Spanish escrúpulo, from Latin scrūpulus (“scruple, nagging doubt, 1⁄24 uncia”), from scrūpus (“sharp stone, anxiety”) + -ulus (“-ule: forming diminutives”). Doublet of scruple and escropulo. === Noun === escrupulo (plural escrupulos) (historical) A traditional Spanish unit of mass, equivalent to about 1.2 g and chiefly used for medicines. ==== Synonyms ==== Spanish scruple, scruple (Spanish contexts) ==== Coordinate terms ==== grano (1/24 escrupulo), tomin (½ escrupulo), adarme (1½ escrupulo), ochava (3 escrupulo), castellano (6 escrupulo), onza (24 escrupulo)