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† ˈscrupleness Obs. rare. Also 5 scrupulenes, 6 scrupulnes. [irreg. f. scruple n. + -ness.] Scrupulousness.
1489Caxton Faytes of Armes iv. i. 230 To take awaye all scrupulenes. 1549Compl. Scot. xix. 165, I exort ȝou..to put al cerimonial scrupulnes furtht of ȝour hartis. 1573–80Tusser Husb. (1878) 69 (heading) Against fantasticall scruplenes. 1647Hexham i, Scruplenesse of conscience. |