单词 | overscrupulosity |
释义 | overscrupulosityn. Excessive scrupulosity; overscrupulousness. 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 1829 B. Webster High Ways & By Ways i. i. 12 I missed being a mistress three times from over scrupulosity. 1856 Q. Rev. Sept. 505 The man cannot be taxed with an over-scrupulosity. 1884 Proc. Soc. Psychical Res. 1883–4 2 50 The dangers of what may be called over-scrupulosity is controversy. 1910 Science 23 Sept. 395/2 The man of the world manifests for what he considers to be over-scrupulosity and unpracticality. 1980 Amer. Lit. 52 85 The kind of overscrupulosity in the elect that twentieth-century commentators claim Taylor engaged in over a lifetime of writing poetry. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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