scrupulousness

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English scrupulous

Proto-Germanic *-in-

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti

Proto-Germanic *-ōną

Proto-Germanic *-inōną

Proto-Indo-European *-dyé-

Proto-Germanic *-atjaną

Proto-Indo-European *-tus

Proto-Germanic *-þuz

Proto-Germanic *-assuz

Proto-Germanic *-inassuz

Proto-West Germanic *-nassī

Old English -nes

Middle English -nesse

English -ness

English scrupulousness

From scrupulous + -ness.

Pronunciation

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Noun

scrupulousness (countable and uncountable, plural scrupulousnesses)

1. (uncountable) The property of being scrupulous.
2. (countable) The result or product of being scrupulous.

Synonyms

• scrupulosity

Translations

the property of being scrupulous

• Bulgarian: съвестност (bg) f (săvestnost), щателност f (štatelnost)
• Galician: escrupulosidade (gl) f
• Italian: scrupulusità
• Māori: uhupohotanga
• Portuguese: escrupulosidade f
• Sicilian: scrupulusitati, scrupulusità
• Thai: ความละเอียดรอบคอบ