escrupulo
A traditional Spanish unit of mass, equivalent to about 1.2 g and chiefly used for medicines.
Noun
- A traditional Spanish unit of mass, equivalent to about 1.2 g and chiefly used for medicines.
Origin
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.