单词 | scrupulosity |
释义 | scrupulosityn. 1. a. The state or quality of being scrupulous (see the adjective). ΘΚΠ society > morality > duty or obligation > recognition of duty > [noun] > conscientiousness > meticulous conscience1483 scrupleness1489 scruple1526 scrupulosity1526 queasiness1576 punctualness1620 punctuality1622 scrupulousness1689 overscrupulousness1740 superstition1755 overscrupulosity1829 over-scruple1894 the world > action or operation > manner of action > care, carefulness, or attention > [noun] > scrupulous care or attention to detail chariness1571 minuteness1640 exactness1645 particularity1669 nicety1711 exactitude1735 narrowness1817 particularness1859 scrupulousness1863 detail1868 scrupulosity1879 meticulosity1887 meticulousness1909 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection ii. sig. Sii Our lorde for his tender mercy preserue all those that entendeth this holy iourney of perfection, fro..scrupulosite and pusillanimite of spirit. a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1654 (1955) III. 108 Thence we went to New-Coll: where the Chapell was in its antient garb, not withstanding the Scrupulositie of the Times. 1690 E. Stillingfleet Serm. xxxv, in Wks. I. 558 Avoid a needless Scrupulosity of Conscience, as a thing which keeps our Minds always uneasie. 1759 S. Johnson Prince of Abissinia II. xxvi. 4 Age looks with anger on the temerity of youth, and youth with contempt on the scrupulosity of age. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. ii. 273 It would have been thought strange scrupulosity in him to quit his post, because his advice as to matters not strictly within his own department was not taken by his master. 1879 ‘G. Eliot’ Theophrastus Such i. 5 When I was a lad I danced a hornpipe with arduous scrupulosity. b. An instance of this; †a scruple. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > [noun] > a doubt, scruple were1338 doubtc1374 incertainty1483 scruple1534 dubitation1545 scrupulosity?a1562 irresolution1592 suspense1594 non liquet1656 nicety1694 reservation1719 hows and whys1726 dubiety1807 the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > [noun] > scruple of conscience scriplea1382 grutchingc1450 grudge1483 scruple1526 scrupulosity?a1562 qualm1617 mote1619 alarm bella1629 squeam1798 the world > action or operation > manner of action > care, carefulness, or attention > [noun] > scrupulous care or attention to detail > instance of scrupulosity1831 ?a1562 G. Cavendish Life Wolsey (1959) 83 Yt was a certyn Scripulositie that prykked my concyence. a1600 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie (1648) vi. 36 Or else..we fall into timorous scrupulosities. 1831 C. Lamb Recoll. Royal Acad. in Mrs. Leicester's School (1886) 309 For the thousand tints—the grains—which in life diversify the nose, the chin, the cheek..he cared nothing at all about them. He left such scrupulosities to opticians and anatomists. 1879 F. W. Farrar Life & Work St. Paul I. iv. xv. 264 It shows..that Peter had already abandoned Rabbinic scrupulosities. ΘΚΠ the world > time > reckoning of time > [noun] > minute determination of time scrupulosity1633 1633 H. Gellibrand App. Longitude in T. James Voy. R 3 The scrupulosity of time is vnknowne, and therefore we cannot argue the ☽ true place from thence. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.1526 |
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