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ˈover-ˈscrupulous, a.
[over- 28.]
Too scrupulous, excessively scrupulous.
1597Hooker Eccl. Pol. v. xxix. §4 Their ouer-scrupulous dislike of so meane a thing as a Vestment. a1711Ken Man. of Prayers Wks. (1838) 382 Be not over-scrupulous, to make yourself guilty of more sins than you really are. 1836H. Rogers J. Howe iv. (1863) 113 Without supposing the recusants to be..over-scrupulous fools. 1908Westm. Gaz. 17 Aug. 2/1 Mr. Bryan's over-scrupulous attitude towards advertisements. 1952E. Grierson Reputation for Song xxi. 173 She was..a giver, if he'd ever seen one, and not over-scrupulous in conscience or other things.
So ˈover-scrupuˈlosity, -ˈscrupulousness.
1741Richardson Pamela II. 160 Try to subdue this Over-scrupulousness and unseasonable Timidity. 1856Q. Rev. Sept. 505 The man cannot be taxed with an over-scrupulosity. |