† scruplenessn.
Obsolete. rare.
Scrupulousness.
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society > morality > duty or obligation > recognition of duty > [noun] > conscientiousness > meticulous
conscience1483
scrupleness1489
scruple1526
scrupulosity1526
queasiness1576
punctualness1620
punctuality1622
scrupulousness1689
overscrupulousness1740
superstition1755
overscrupulosity1829
over-scruple1894
1489 W. Caxton tr. C. de Pisan Bk. Fayttes of Armes iv. i. 230 To take awaye all scrupulenes.
c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) xix. 130 I exort ȝou..to put al cerimonial scrupulnes furtht of ȝour hartis.
1570 T. Tusser Hundreth Good Pointes Husbandry (new ed.) f. 14, (heading) Against fantasticall scruplenesse [1580 scruplenes].
1647 H. Hexham Copious Eng. & Netherduytch Dict. Scruplenesse of conscience.
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n.1489- norway
- norway berry
- norway birch
- norway crow
- norway duck
- norway fir
- norway haddock
- norway lemming
- norway lobster
- norway maple
- norway neckcloth
- norway or norwegian haddock
- norway pine
- norway pout
- norway rat
- norway spruce
- norway spruce fir
- norways
- norwegian
- norwegian elkhound
- norwegian itch
- norwegian kitchen
- norwegian lemming
- norwegian rat
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